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Book Review of The News From Paraguay

The News From Paraguay
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the year is 1854. In paris, Francisco Solano begans his courtship of the young beautiful irish courtesan Ella Lynch with a poncho, a Paraguayan band, and a horse named Mathilde. Ella follows Franco to Ascuncion and reigns there as his mistress. Isolated and estranged in this new world, she embraces her lover's dream that will ultimatwly ruin all of Paraguay.