El ruido de las cosas al caer
(Book)

The text begins with Yammara giving a brief description of his early life. He began as a professor, who met Aura in one of his classes. She exchanged sexual favors with Antonio in exchange for higher grades in his classes and falls pregnant. Antonio also frequents a local pool hall, in which he meets ex-con Ricardo Laverde. They begin playing pool together and Antonio quickly becomes interested in the man's mysterious past. Although Antonio claims that he and Ricardo are not friends, the nature of their relationship quickly becomes closer and Ricardo begins to confide in Antonio. Upon receiving a mysterious cassette, Ricardo sets out to find a cassette player. He listens to the tape and becomes distraught. He begins walking quickly down the street, with Antonio in close pursuit. As they are drawing near the pool hall, a motorbike descends from the curb and guns them down. Ricardo is killed and Antonio badly injured. After the accident, Antonio becomes fixated upon Ricardo's life and withdraws from all other aspects of existence. His relationship with Aura deteriorates quickly and he becomes scared of the area of the city close to the pool hall. He is contacted by Ricardo's daughter Maya, who knows much of her estranged father's story. Antonio absconds from his home without telling Aura in an attempt to chase this lead. He learns that Ricardo was a pilot who was caught smuggling drugs into the United States and given a 19-year jail sentence. Maya's mother had returned to her native United States when Maya turned 18, and died in a plane crash when attempting to visit Maya and Ricardo after he got out of jail. As the novel progresses, Antonio and Maya's relationship takes a sexual turn. Antonio had not told Maya about his family back in Bogota. As the text ends, Antonio returns home and finds that Aura has left Antonio, along with the baby.[1]

Convencido de que resolver el enigma le se?alar? un camino en su encrucijada vital, Yammara emprende una investigaci?n que se remonta a los primeros a?os setenta, cuando una generaci?n de j?venes idealistas fue testigo del nacimiento de un negocio que acabar?a por llevar a Colombia - y al mundo - al borde del abismo. A?os despu?s, la ex?tica fuga de un hipop?tamo, ?ltimo vestigio del imposible zool?gico con el que Pablo Escobar exhib?a su poder, es la chispa que lleva a Yammara a contar su historia y la de Ricardo Laverde, tratando de averiguar c?mo el negocio del narcotr?fico marc? la vida privada de quienes nacieron con ?l.

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This book was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Connecticut State Library. Multicultural Grant.