"Second favourite story by this author. Mainly about a chimp researcher in Africa, with sub plots of civil war and her husband's descent into madness."
"Basically a bunch of university mates murder one of their best friends and keep it covered up. The story is about how the pressure changes the dynamics in the group."
"A story of three generations of the same family in Chile from the 30s to the 70s, during the successive rise of the communists and the facist regimes."
"The first time I'd heard of magical realism. Didn't really sound like my bag, but it's a fantastic story of what happens to a family in a remote S. American village over 100 years."
"All the books in this trilogy can stand alone, but are far more rewarding when read as a trilogy. Entirely different to (and better than) Capt. Corelli."
"The diary of a man's as he lives through Oxford in the 20s, the Spanish Civil war, the Paris literary scene, WW2 as a spy, the NY art scene in the 60s and loads more. Great historical accuracy"
