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Leaf Storm

Oct 5, 2024 1:26 AM

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Leaf Storm

Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of the One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera, portrays a food company violating a small Colombia town in his vivid and powerful novel Leaf Storm.

'Suddenly, as if a whirlwind had set down roots in the centre of the town, the banana company arrived, pursed by the leaf storm'

Drenched by rain, the town has been decaying ever since the banana company left. Its people are sullen and bitter, so when the doctor - a foreigner who ended up the most hated man in town - dies, there is no one to mourn him. But also living in the town is the Colonel, who is bound to honour a promise made many years ago. The Colonel and his family must bury the doctor, despite the inclination of their fellow inhabitants that his corpse be forgotten and left to rot.

'The most important writer of fiction in any language' Bill Clinton

'Marquez is a retailer of wonders' Sunday Times

'An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny' Sunday Telegraph

Reviews

The most important writer of fiction in any language

—— Bill Clinton

Steel is an expert story teller

—— Choice

With its bad-boy hero and spunky heroine, Sharon Cullen’s Loving the Earl is sure to please readers looking for more than the typical Regency come-out story. Intrigue and romance fuse seamlessly in this adventurous romp that takes the reader from Dover to Paris to Venice and finally to a sigh-worthy happily ever after.

—— Shana Galen, author of True Spies

Gripping . . . I stayed up until dawn reading this historical gem.

—— Romance Junkies

Sharon Cullen has written a wonderful story full of adventure, romance and mystery. Her love of writing in all these genre has created a marvelous story that will delight many.

—— Eileen Dandashi

A quirky debut novel as touching as it is funny.

—— Closer

Deeply eccentric and very, very funny, Campari for Breakfast is as charming and humane as its multi-talented author. It's also unexpectedly touching. A delight

—— Mark Gatiss

Absolutely delightful and charming. I loved it

—— Julie Cohen, Richard & Judy-selected author of Dear Thing

A quirky unexpected delight

—— Sam Baker , Harpers Bazaar

Quirky and rewarding - a delight

—— Woman and Home

A quirky, funny and rather delightful debut novel.

—— Choice

A heart-warming read

—— Emerald Street

Hilarious.

—— Now Magazine

A warm novel [with] echoes of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle

—— Sunday Express

This glorious comic novel is full of sweet-natured humour tempered with genuine emotion. Absolutely adorable.

—— YOU

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