The Sound Of Things Falling
by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, translated by Anne McLean
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"Law professor Antonio Yammara thinks he’s indifferent to Colombia’s history of drug-related violence. Then a motorcycle roars by, a stray bullet pierces his gut and the terror suppressed for a decade comes flooding in. We’ve seen enough morality tales about cops and dealers, victims and addicts. The Sound of Things Falling provides a more sophisticated pleasure: a vision of how drugs have unraveled a generation, one humble life at a time."
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