The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [1976 HARDCOVER]

The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION [1976] HARPER & ROW

Identical to the true U.S. first edition, with no price on front panel.

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.  Mint and unread with only minor trace wear.  Gorgeous! 

From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the reader to a world that is at once fanciful and real.