{"product_id":"in-evil-hour-isbn-9780060919641","title":"In Evil Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An openly political novel posing the people of the land against the forces of oppression. . . it has the virtues of wit and compassion and reveals the foundation upon which the later novels were constructed.\" —Jonathan Yardley, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thrilling story about the smears,\u003cbr\u003edefamations, infidelities, and torrential rains that afflict a small Colombian small\u003cbr\u003etown and the sacrifice of a boy that brings torment and chaos to an end, from the\u003cbr\u003emasterful Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove in the Time of Cholera\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne morning slanderous posters start appearing\u003cbr\u003eall over the town, revealing family secrets and maligning individuals. Ghosts\u003cbr\u003eof the past reappear, along with old feuds and infidelities. Torrential rains then\u003cbr\u003eflood the town and chaos is everywhere. Neighbors suspect each other yet no one\u003cbr\u003eknows who is responsible. Finally, a boy is made the scapegoat and tragedy\u003cbr\u003eensues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Evil Hour\u003c\/em\u003e contains vivid\u003cbr\u003echaracters who reflect the humor and pathos of everyday life. This brooding\u003cbr\u003enovel clearly points the way to the flowering of Garcia Marquez’s genius in his\u003cbr\u003elater \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | Written just before \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e, this fascinating novel of a Colombian river town possessed by evil points to the author's later flowering and greatness. | \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e is just around the rain-drenched corner.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887329177829,"sku":"NP9780060919641","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060919641.jpg?v=1730225907","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/in-evil-hour-isbn-9780060919641","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}