The first work of fiction by García Márquez, published after The Autumn of the Patriarch, when the author finally broke his “anti-Pinochet” vow of silence. The book that formed the basis of the magnificent film of the same name starring Rupert Everett. The Destiny that cannot be avoided. A fate that dominates human life. A murder that should not have happened, but did. A small town becomes the stage for a big tragedy. A man is doomed to die - and everyone around him knows that he is going to die. No one wants this death - and, above all, the future murderers themselves. They do everything to be stopped. But the course of events cannot be reversed.