Chronicle if a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez

Btw, the first image is a picture of the cover in my version of the book, because I think it is neat. The second one is the cover of the version sold on Amazon.

This book is one of my all-time favorites! I left reading a while ago, but I started back up again recently. So, I reread this book to check if it was as good as I remembered, and OH MY GOD it is.

This book is about the death of Santiago Nazar by the hand of the Vicario brothers. No, that is not a spoiler: the book's first line tells you so. The story is told as the narrator, Santiago's friend and reporter, interviews and investigates his murder decades after the fact, kind of like one of those documentaries about serial killers.

As the title implies, everyone in town but Santiago knew about the plot to end his life, making the real mystery why no one could not or did not stop it, as testimonies give different or even contradicting sides of the event. In case you know García Lorca's work, the book chock full of his special brand of symbolism and magical realism elements.

It is a relatively short read, and well worth your time!