(Continued)...With all this power and unique knowledge, the dictator of even a small and geopolitically insignificant country should thus be in a position to write at least a moderately interesting book, even if by accident.
Done! I've just finished this novel. Time for something that's more to my taste 😁
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Picture of the Fine Arts museum of Paraguay from Wikipedia
I've finished Three Lives and Baba Yaga. And then started I the Supreme. Doctor Thorne and Clarissa continue....
This is a bit of a slog and I had to extend my library loan. The ideal reader would be someone with a deep and wide knowledge of #Paraguayan culture and history, who knows Spanish, Guarani and Portuguese, enjoys puns and erudite jokes, and is reasonably well-versed in Enlightenment philosophy and 18-century history.
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Picture of the Supreme - a grumpy-looking José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia - from Wikipedia
I was able to borrow this #Paraguayan classic hidden in the stacks. There was a pristine library bookmark hidden in it. The number of digits in the phone number provided on the verso dates it to the nineties 😲
I'm about a third of the way through: the writing's a bit over the top, which gets tiring after a while, so I'm reading it in small installments.
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I still remember reading this wild book in my high school senior years. The book is short yet funny with some real history facts thrown in. It was in my schools library somehow and I was the first person to borrow it. I shared it around with others who thought it was funny too though sadly our attempts of world domination have not yet succeeded.
Would recommend for those who want a laugh and/or take over the world.
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