Gringo

When twenty-eight-year-old nomad Aron Cassady finds a fedora on the ocean floor off the coast of Cozumel, he never imagines that it will land him in prison. After his jailbreak catapults him into reluctant folk herodom, he and his German sidekick Lotte must venture across México and Guatemala, eluding cartel goons, the Mayan wind god K’uk’ulkan, and a serial killer who thinks people might secretly be made of cake. But when Aron’s charismatic shadow-self steals his identity, belongings, and the woman of his dreams along with them, Aron must find the courage to finally confront his past, or else risk becoming a scourge on the land that’s given him so much.   

An offbeat, magical realist adventure-comedy confronting themes of escapism, cultural erosion, and what it means to be someone else’s guest, Gringo grants its readers a voyeuristic glimpse into a world obscured by its own self-containment.