In Evil Hour by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez
The Dawn Of The Dead
Written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude, this fascinating novel
of a Colombian river town possessed by evil points to the authors later
flowering and greatness.
Personal Review: In Evil Hour by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"In Evil Hour" is one of the early novels written by Gabriel Garcia Márquez.
Published in 1962, it was previous to his "A Hundred Years of Solitude"
and "The Autumn of the Patriarch", some of his most famous novels and
that consolidated his style. Considering that, one can say that this novel is
really good. It is not as fine tuned as his best works, there is no Magical
Realism in here -- actually, the book is quite realist -- but it is such an
engaging and well conceived story that it is impossible to stop reading.
The narrative is set in a small town ruled by a peculiar mayor. He fills the
role of both mayor and deputy -- in other words, he is the law in that place.
The citizens having been facing a small problem. Every morning someone

finds in his, her door a bulleting anonymously written telling a gossip about
him, her or the family. The strange thing is that the fact stated in the piece
of paper is known by everyone, despite people not talking about it. So what
is making the citizens tense is not what will be said but who is saying those
things.
Solving this mystery is a job to the nameless mayor, but he is not very
interested in it. To his knowledge this kind of gossip will stop sooner or
later. He has a very interesting role in the book, since he is such a dubious
character. As the reading progress, one can notice that he can't be simply
described as good or evil. It is much more complex than that. So are
townspeople. Márquez make them appealing folks with very interesting
background stories to keep the pages moving.
"In Evil Hour" deals with politics, but in a very subtle way. Hints are given
here and there about the recent changes the town has faced. The past
seems to have been obscure, but we are never certain of that. Márques
exploit heavy subjects that darken Latin American History with grace and
seriousness and his peculiar sense of humor. And in the end we seem to
have spent some time in that village, and however much we may have
enjoyed it, we may not be willing to come back to that place -- although
one may want to reread this book one of these days.
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