The News from Paraguay
“Decorous detail and vivid imagery…. Reading The News from Paraguay feels like looking into a crystal ball: seeing pieces of a garden, storm clouds building, lives passing.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Brimming with rich descriptions of a beautiful country…The News from Paraguay evolves from a quirky, elegant tale of an unconventional love affair into a sweeping epic.”
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram
“The episodic style achieves many lovely moments…. Images are so vivid you can almost smell them.”
—Washington Post Book World
“As this biting, elegant novel examines the corrosive effects of a delusional dictator, it illuminates both a little-known corner of history and the world we live in now.”
—Andrea Barrett, author of Servants of the Map
“Compelling…the stuff that good fiction is made of: complex characters and an intricate narrative.”
—Newsday
“Tuck’s prose is elegant, the subject well researched.”
—New York Times Book Review
“Impressively researched, lushly written…a splendid realization of its rich subject, and Tuck’s best so far.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“The News from Paraguay captures the physical beauty of an exotic land in Tuck’s characteristically exact, evocative prose.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Charming.”
—Vogue