A reluctant author drawn into a story he cant control
'Wexler is a master of high fantasy' S
Quillon has been living incognito
sometimes wishes he could divide himself in two
stunningly atmospheric tale set in Stevenson's Edinburgh - multi-layered and intricately plotted
The Old Gringo Samuel Beckett A reluctant author drawn intoOne 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