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"Majestic...Superb...a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant. Garc'a M+rquez is as exorbitant as Melville and Dostoyevsky." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"The Autumn of the Patriarch mines one of the darkest veins in Latin American political history. The central character is a composite of Trujillos, Batistas and Somozas. His is a genius at the barren politics of survival, capable and guilty of the most savage brutality, a lonely monster who shuffles through his palace every night, checking the locks, looking for assassins, lighting a lantern for a quick exit."

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Over the weekend the vultures got into the presidential palace by pecking through the screens on the balcony windows and the flapping of their wings stirred up the stagnant time inside, and at dawn on Monday the city awoke out of its lethargy of centuries with the warm, soft breeze of a great man dead and rotting grandeur. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
news general sir, herniated testicle, presidential coach, federalist war, suburban mansion, denim uniform, portable latrine, gold spur, domino table, great feet, thinking mother, harbor fort Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bendición Alvarado, Leticia Nazareno, Saenz de la Barra, Patricio Aragonés, The Autumn of the Patriarch, General Rodrigo de Aguilar, Manuela Sánchez, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Manuela Sanchez, Monsignor Demetrius Aldous, General Saturno Santos, Lord Köchel, San Jerónimo, Rubén Dario, Francisca Linero, League of Nations, Poncio Daza, Santa Maria del Altar, Supreme Pontiff New!
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