(cnn)a lot of people have ventured to paraguay over the years in search of some sort of a dream my great great grandfather, jean bourdain, was one of them i've looked for this mysterious ancestor before    in uruguay, with my younger brother chris we were disappointed when our trail ran cold we were left with a cryptic reference to the news that jean had died in asuncion, paraguay which raised the questions: 'what the hell was he doing in paraguay?' and 'where is paraguay, anyway?' roots: our journeys home  it's certainly a country few of us know much about landlocked by its better known neighbors, paraguay is probably best known for being a hideout for escaped nazis and for a succession of truly spectacularly lurid, out of a comic book dictatorships    the last being the administration of gen alfredo stroessner it's certainly a country few of us know much about landlocked by its better known neighbors, paraguay is probably best known for being a hideout for escaped nazis and for a succession of truly spectacularly lurid, out of a comic book dictatorships    the last being the administration of gen alfredo stroessner when i first looked at the possibility of making a television show there, many years ago, descriptions of the country by visitors were not promising: crime, corruption, counterfeiters, failed institutions, looted banks    in short, a backwater i thought i'd use the dubious quest for 'the missing bourdain' as the spine of a show, a framework to investigate one of the least known nations in the americas my crew, looking at various storytelling structures, settled on the terrific film 'the limey' as a rough template in that film, terence stamp, playing a just out of prison career criminal, voyages to los angeles in search of answers after the death of his daughter in this week's 'parts unknown' episode, i explore paraguay (and my family's past) in similar nonlinear fashion it's an amazing looking show everybody who worked on it, handcrafted it, is convinced it's some of their best work what i found out    about paraguay, about my family    surprised me i hope it entertains you
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bourdain goes looking for the story of his long lost great great grandfather in paraguay 