{"product_id":"the-gringo-champion-9781609453657","title":"The Gringo Champion","description":"The award-winning debut novel by young Mexican author Aura Xilonen,\u003ci\u003e The Gringo Champion \u003c\/i\u003eis a thrillingly inventive story about crossing borders that the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"one of the must-read books of 2017.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiborio has to leave Mexico, a land that has taught him little more than a keen instinct for survival. He crosses the Rio Bravo, like so many others, to reach \"the promised land.\" And in a barrio like any other, in some gringo city, this illegal immigrant tells his story. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Liborio narrates his memories we discover a childhood scarred by malnutrition and abandonment, an adolescence lived with a sense of having nothing to lose. In his new home, he finds a job at a bookstore. He falls in love with a woman so intensely that his fantasies of her verge on obsession. And, finally, he finds himself on a path that just might save him: he becomes a boxer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a migrant's story of deracination, loneliness, fear, and finally, love told in a sparkling, innovative prose. It's \u003ci\u003eMillion Dollar Baby \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e, and a story of migration and hope that is as topical as it is timeless.","brand":"Aura Xilonen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42960668622966,"sku":"9781609453657","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_ef16f58d-7710-4af7-b043-3b8230823896.jpg?v=1767807143","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-gringo-champion-9781609453657","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}