Chronicle of a Death Foretold

<p><i>Chronicle of a Death Foretold</i> is a compelling, moving story exploring injustice and mob hysteria by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, author of <i>One Hundred Years of Solitude</i> and <i>Love in the Time of Cholera</i>. <p><b>'On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on'</b> <p>Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk. To at last understand what happened to Santiago, and why. . . <p>'A masterpiece' <i>Evening Standard</i> <p>'A work of high explosiveness - the proper stuff of Nobel prizes. An exceptional novel' <i>The Times</i> <p>'Brilliant writer, brilliant book' <i>Guardian</i></p>