The Sound of Things Falling

270 pages

English language

Published Dec. 27, 2013

ISBN:
978-1-59448-748-4
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OCLC Number:
820123673

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From a global literary star comes a prize-winning tour de force--an intimate portrayal of the drug wars in Colombia.

Juan Gabriel Vasquez has been hailed not only as one of South America's greatest literary stars, but also as one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. In this gorgeously wrought, award-winning novel, Vasquez confronts the history of his home country, Colombia.

In the city of Bogota, Antonio Yammara reads an article about a hippo that had escaped from a derelict zoo once owned by legendary Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. The article transports Antonio back to when the war between Escobar's Medellin cartel and government forces played out violently in Colombia's streets and in the skies above. Back then, Antonio witnessed a friend's murder, an event that haunts him still. As he investigates, he discovers the many ways in which his own life and his friend's family have been …

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Subjects

  • Drug traffic
  • Fiction
  • Male friendship
  • History

Places

  • Colombia