The Gringo: A Memoir

J. Grigsby Crawford

The Gringo: A Memoir
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Wild Elephant Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
11 December 2012
Pages
240
ISBN
9780988482272

The Gringo: A Memoir

J. Grigsby Crawford

Within weeks of arriving as a volunteer in a remote corner of South America, Crawford got a lot more than he bargained for: a narrow escape from a kidnapping plot hatched by the people he was sent there to help. Then things only got stranger. In his quest to find adventure, Crawford undertook a savage journey of danger, drugs, sex, and alarming illness. What resulted is The Gringo: one part literary tale of two lonely years in the Amazon jungle and one part gonzo-journalism account of life in the Peace Corps, an agency wandering aimlessly through the twenty-first century. Filled with sharp humor and eye-opening observations about the human condition, this is an unforgettable story that grabs the reader and doesn’t let go.

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