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And that's that - my fifth and final Portis novel, done and dusted. Not a huge output, relatively speaking, but enough to take him from a writer I knew next to nothing about to possibly my favorite of all time. Gringos was not my favorite of the five, but that's a high bar to clear. All the elements of a great Portis novel were here, including the dialogue - at times sharp, at others meandering or blustery, but always hilarious.

Portis final book tells of expatriate Jimmy Burns as he takes on odd jobs in Mexico. Jimmy, with his green trousers, is a laidback character who is frequently pulled into strange & occasionally dangerous situations. Such is the case when he has to track down the missing person who is obsessed with UFO sightings in Mexico. I often enjoy these sort of narratives, yet I need to sit with this book for a bit to really gather my thoughts. This is a👇

Jimmy's Hemingway-like existence bumming around Mexico doing odd jobs is interrupted when he is whisked away on a journey to some Mayan ruins that are of interest to both a group of archaeologists looking for finds, and a group of hippies who believe aliens will be returning there shortly, led by a being known as 'El Mago'. A really fun adventure with lots of dry humor mixed in #prayingtoaliens #nuyear @TrishB @Cinfhen