La Mala Hora

from dchaikin

13. In Evil Hour by Gabriel García Márquez published: 1962 translation: from Spanish by Gregory Rabassa, 1979 format: 183 page paperback acquired: March read: March 9-11 rating: 3.5 This is maybe a really good short little novel you don't need to read. It's Marquez's first novel, but he left it i...

from mattviews

In Evil Hour is one of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's earliest works, through virtues of wit and compassion, the rich and dreamy portrait of a mythical town, in one way or another the book preludes to the most successful One Hundred Years of Solitude. In this short novel, incendiary lampoons infested a...

from FPdC

A small town, recently and brutaly ''pacified'' after a civil war, immersed in a thick, sticky, oppressively hot and humid tropical weather, is brewing a latent violence, expressed in the nightly postings of anonymous pasquines disclosing supposedly private secrets but in reality displaying gossi...

from melissarochelle

I keep trying to read GGM novels because I think they MUST be good! He must be a GREAT author. He MUST be amazing. Or he is great, but just for people smarter than me. I'm still not sure what happened in this story and I finished it! There were notices being put up on people's doors about affairs...

from theboylatham

6/10.Another Marquez book that didn't really make a lot of sense... reasonably enjoyable though. His characterisation is still excellent.