The Old Gringo
Carlos Fuentes. Harper Perennial, $12 (199pp) ISBN 978-0-06-097063-5
The premise of this fine, short novel is that Ambrose Biercethe American journalist and writer (The Devil's Dictionary who disappeared in Mexico in 1914, did indeed join revolutionary Pancho Villa's forces, as is generally believed. PW noted that creating the story of Bierce's end enables Fuentes to examine ""the borders between men and women, dreams and reality, Mexico and the U.S.'' (September)
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Reviewed on: 11/04/1991
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 978-0-8095-9136-7
Hardcover - 208 pages - 978-0-374-22578-0
MP3 CD - 978-1-5226-9373-4
Other - 208 pages - 978-1-4668-4014-0
Paperback - 208 pages - 978-0-374-53052-5
Paperback - 200 pages - 978-0-06-097258-5
Paperback - 978-0-06-080938-6
Paperback - 199 pages - 978-0-374-52522-4
