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. The 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.