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  • By: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
  • Narrated by: John Alex Toro
  • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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El ruido de las cosas al caer [The Sound of Things Falling]

By: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Narrated by: John Alex Toro
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Una novela llena de suspense y la perfecta radiografía de una generación atrapada en el miedo.

Novela ganadora del English Pen Award 2012, del Premio Gregor von Rezzori-Città di Firenze 2013 y del IMPAC International Dublin Literary Award 2014.

Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2011.

Tan pronto conoce a Ricardo Laverde, el joven Antonio Yammara comprende que en el pasado de su nuevo amigo hay un secreto, o quizá varios. Su atracción por la misteriosa vida de Laverde, nacida al hilo de sus encuentros en un billar, se transforma en verdadera obsesión el día en que éste es asesinado.

Convencido de que resolver el enigma le señalará un camino en su encrucijada vital, Yammara emprende una investigación que se remonta a los primeros años setenta, cuando una generación de jóvenes idealistas fue testigo del nacimiento de un negocio que acabaría por llevar a Colombia - y al mundo - al borde del abismo. Años después, la exótica fuga de un hipopótamo, último vestigio del imposible zoológico con el que Pablo Escobar exhibía su poder, es la chispa que lleva a Yammara a contar su historia y la de Ricardo Laverde, tratando de averiguar cómo el negocio del narcotráfico marcó la vida privada de quienes nacieron con él.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

©2011 Juan Gabriel Vásquez (P)2019 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U.

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Terrific narration and amazing story

I’ve read this book long ago, but this audio version was better. The narrator did a great job with this entertaining and realistic Colombian story.

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