The Old Gringo (Spanish: Gringo Viejo) is a novel by Carlos Fuentes, first published in 1985. Its English language translation of the same year was the first novel by a Mexican author to be a U.S. bestseller[1] and was one of three nominees for the Ritz Paris Hemingway Award as best novel of 1985.[2] An unsuccessful adaptation to film followed in 1989.[3] Later criticism has found in the novel a wary consideration of the irreconcilability of United States and Mexican mindsets.
- ^ Anahi Rama and Lizbeth Diaz (May 15, 2012). "Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83". Chicago Tribune. Reuters. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ^ The New York Times, February 8, 1986, p.16
- ^ Larry Rohter, “Why the Road Turned Rocky for 'Old Gringo'”, The New York Times, 22 October 1989