At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig

A compelling and brilliantly evocative travelogue capturing the spirit of Paraguay and denouncing a few widely-held stereotypes about the country's politics, beliefs and its people. "A truly wonderful exploration of one of the world's most captivating countries" "Sunday Express" 16pp photos.

Although this is his first book, John Gimlette is already well established as a travel journalist, having won the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for an essay which has led to this book, and the Wanderlust Travel Writing Award. He writes regularly for the Telegraph. When not deep in the jungles of Paraguay he practises as a barrister in London. He is currently writing his second book, Theatre of Fish: Travels through Newfoundland and Labrador.

"A glorious travel book - Edward Marriot" The Sunday Times "[Gimlette's] account is so rich in anecdotes, so suffused in color and dialect that we are left with a sense of having somehow inhaled all this Paraguayan history and then experienced it through a nightmare or a dream. Gimlette has given us a cast of characters as vivid as any by Dickens or Waugh" New York Times "Full of surprises, this is a riveting read" Sunday Telegraph 20040116 "Off the wall title, and a great off centre enjoyment, with a smashing, entertaining piece of writing..." Manchester Evening News 20040130 "John Gimlette's extraordinary book, part history, part travelogue, is so vivid that nobody reading it is ever likely to forget the country. - Max Davidson" Daily Telegraph