The Night of the Rambler [Paperback]

Colorful detours into native lore, such as a rich Dutchmans fabled courtship of a local beauty, strike grace notes that echo Marquez . . . readers . . . will be rewarded with the little-known tale of how the underdog country demanded its own place in the 20th century. With tremendous humanity and humor, the novel articulates these themes through the power of the relationships and the urgency each character demonstrates in this quest for self-determination. This is a fine novel, a surprising novel, perhaps the first true novel I have read about the nature of revolutions.?