num_pages: 199
description: One of Carlos Fuentes’s greatest works, The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.
language: English
title: The Old Gringo
titlecomplete: The Old Gringo
characters: Frutos García, El niño Pedrito, Inocencio Mansalvo, Ambrose Bierce, Mujer de la cara de la luna, La Garduña, Tomás Arroyo, Harriet Winslow, Pancho Villa
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Latin American, Classics, Spanish Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literature, Westerns, Novels
ratings_count: 3447
places: Mexico, Washington, D.C.
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial