The Autumn of the Patriarch

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The Autumn of the Patriarch

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ISBN: 9780141032474
author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
publishing house: Penguin
publication date: 2008 -2
series: Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Penguin Books
binding: Paperback
price: GBP 8.99
number of pages: 240

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As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through the dusty corridors of the presidential palace in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man laying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Their egocentric, maniacally violent leader, known for serving up traitors to dinner guests and drowning young children at sea, can surely not die the humiliating death of a mere mortal? Tracing the demands of a man whose egocentric excesses mask the loneliness of isolation and whose lies have become so ingrained that they are indistinguishable from truth, Marquez has created a fantastical portrait of despotism that rings with an air of reality.

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