At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig Travels through Paraguay

"A wildly humorous account of the author's travels across Paraguay - South America's darkly fabled, little-known "island surrounded by land."" "Rarely visited by tourists and barely touched by global village sprawl, Paraguay remains a mystery to outsiders. Think of this small nation and your mind is likely to jump to Nazis, dictators, and soccer. Now John Gimlette's eye-opening book - equal parts travelogue, history, and unorthodox travel guide - breaches the boundaries of this isolated land and illuminates a little-understood place and its people." "Filled with bizarre incident, fascinating anecdote, and richly evocative detail, At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig is a description of a country of eccentricity and contradiction, of beguilingly individualistic men and women, and of unexpected and extraordinary beauty. It is a vivid, often riotous, always fascinating journey."--BOOK JACKET.Gimlette, John is the author of 'At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig Travels through Paraguay' with ISBN 9780091794590 and ISBN 0091794595.