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Well into his eighth decade and lamenting America's stereotype of the elderly—"mocked" and "parasitical"—Theroux defiantly sets out in his Buick to explore a land he deems likewise disparaged: Mexico. Traversing the U.S.-Mexico border, then heading south toward Chiapas, the self-described "old gringo" recounts both guidebook-worthy pleasures—local cuisines, monumental architecture, a mezcal distillery tour, a butterfly migration—and documentary fodder: chilling encounters with police extracting ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More