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At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, Travels Through Paraguay

At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, Travels Through Paraguay

by John Gimlette

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

No shrinking violet, English lawyer and frequent South American traveler John Gimlette is an entertaining, insightful guide to Paraguay and its checkered history. He captures the eccentricities, horrors and allure of the place in memorable detail, writing of everything from jaguars and prehistoric lungfish to bloody wars and Utopian settlements.  (SAM70, $17.95)

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