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The News from Paraguay
2004 novel by Lily Tuck
The News from Paraguay is 2004 novel by Lily Tuck and was the National Book Award winner for fiction.[1] It is a historical novel set in 19th century Paraguay, and explores the life of an Irish courtesan, Eliza Lynch, as she courts the soon to be Paraguayan president Francisco Solano López.[2][3]: 26, 29 The novel is a series of vignettes and correspondence from their courtship.[4][5]