Written by Juan Gabriel Vasquez in Spanish and translated into English by Anne McLean, The sound of things falling is a brilliant novel written in the background setting of war between Escobar's cartel and Government in Colombia through the sixties into the present. The plot revolves around an investigation by a young lawyer into the life of a Colombian pilot, who was murdered on the streets of Bogotá. The excellent style of story telling of the author, winner of the English Pen Award and Alfaguara Prize, is guarantied to make your emotions ebb and touch you deep inside as it will take you from the hunting down of a Hippopotamus through Billiard room, murder and plane accident to the darkest moments of love and despair, of how events far outside our lives change our lives and of our helplessness. Definitely a powerful novel- a must read.
In a scale of 10 we give it a 9.
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