Love in the Time of Cholera

Not surprising that there's no time/incentive to blog when I'm given books this good for Christmas.

Initially I thought, "Not my kind of book", until I read the first chapter (60 pages). Then I realised it's one of those books you just can't put down. Superb, captivating writing that stays in your head long after putting the book down. The characters are developed gradually, letting us get to know them through their actions, rather than being forced down our throats like other "great" novelists. The story is funny at times, erotic at others, the best book I have read for years.

Credit is due, of course, to the quality of the translation. It's a shame I cannot read the Spanish original.