The Sound of Things Falling: A Novel

Libro Usado, Tapa Blanda. A gripping and deeply atmospheric novel about how the dark history of the Colombian drug trade reshaped the lives of an entire generation.The story begins in Bogotá, where Antonio Yammara, a young law professor, reads a newspaper article about a hippopotamus that escaped from the old zoo of the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar. This strange event triggers a flood of memories from a violent past.Years earlier, Antonio befriended Ricardo Laverde, a mysterious older man who had spent years in prison. Their brief friendship ended abruptly and brutally when Ricardo was gunned down on a street corner, a shooting in which Antonio was also severely wounded.As Antonio struggles to cope with the physical and psychological trauma of that day, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind Ricardo’s hidden life. His search leads him into the rural heart of Colombia and into the 1970s and 80s—the formative years of the multi-billion-dollar drug trade. Along the way, he discovers how the shadows of his country's violent history have permanently fractured his own life and the lives of those he loves.