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Violence
A lot
War violence; deaths; the War of the Triple Alliance
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit adult sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of power, empire, and a woman who played the game as well as men did
What this book is about
Enright's 2002 historical novel imagines the inner life of Eliza Lynch, the Irish mistress of Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López, who accompanied him through the catastrophic War of the Triple Alliance. Dark, erotic, and stylized. For adults.
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Explicit sexual content
War violence
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