Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered by two brothers in a small town. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen – including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty-seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk. To at least understand what happened to Santiago, and why…