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In Evil Hour | 
 enlarge | Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 71182
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0141032510
EAN: 9780141032511
ASIN: 0141032510
Publication Date: February 7, 2008
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Typical Marquez madness August 30, 2006
Depressaholic (London, UK)
I hadn't heard of `IEH', despite having read some of Marquez' more high profile books. Having read it, however, I was very pleasantly surprised. One of my complaints about `One Hundred Years of Solitude', for instance, is that it was a little overlong. `IEH' is a shorter book dealing with similar themes, and was an easy, pleasant yet thought provoking read.
`IEH' covers a short period in the lives of the inhabitants of a small town. Every morning, the inhabitants awake to find lampoons nailed to their doors, lampoons that repeat the malicious gossip already circulating around the town. The appearance of these lampoons exposes cracks in the relationships within the community, leading to violence and disintegration. The mayor is the representative of a recently relaxed military dictatorship, living amongst people who openly fought the government, and the decay of the town's façade causes old wounds to resurface. Eventually the authorities and the rebel elements are tearing the town apart, with the priest standing in the middle trying to hold the town together. The disintegration of the town due to a few malicious notes is brilliantly observed, and the description of a society on the edge of collapse is classic Marquez.
The whole book is suffused with a heavy, foreboding feeling, even down to the descriptions of the sweaty, overbearing weather that frays everybody's nerves. The imagery doesn't stop with the weather. `IEH' is ladened with images, such as the church assistant battling the mice and masturbating monkeys, that add layers of depth to the story. Despite being a relatively short book, `IEH' is rich in detail and ideas. Fans of Marquez will pleased to see characters from and references to `One Hundred Years of Solitude' creeping in. More than that, this is great, and undervalued, Marquez, and should be more widely appreciated.
It's a pretty good book May 5, 1998
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't read much but I enjoyed this book. It taught me something about another place that I didn't know anything thing about. I would recomend to anyone who had lost their faith in something because it might help.
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