The Autumn of the Patriarch Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, the novel is overflowing with symbolic descriptions as it vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorsh... more »ip. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator embodies at once the best and the worst of human nature.« less
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I thought this novel was incredible. It amazes me how well Gabriel Garcia Marquez can convey such a strong sense of Latin American history through surreal fiction.