Until August

The master of magic realism’s slim and inventive last novel is a tale of forbidden love in later life . . . Inventively enjoyable and working to its surprising, pleasing ending. I read it straight through in one sitting, then got up the next day and did it again * The Times *
A novel both sexy and disturbing. The novel’s chief concern is love, or more specifically sex – a subject Marquez always accorded the diligent, amused and unashamed attention it deserves. The lasting impression of Until August is one of deep feeling, astutely observed and beautifully conveyed * The Telegraph *
Sunny, sultry, even tipsy, but with a genuine sting * Guardian *
Though exceptional, fully developed female characters abound in Gabriel García Márquez’s work, only in his last novel, Until August, is a woman the uncontested protagonist on her own journey of self-discovery. A remarkable book * New York Review of Books *
No writer since Dickens was so widely read, and so deeply loved, as Gabriel García Márquez -- Salman Rushdie
One of the greatest visionary writers – and one of my favourites from the time I was young -- Barack Obama
Few writers can be said to have written books that have changed the whole course of literature. Gabriel García Márquez did just that * Guardian *
The greatest Hispanic novelist since Cervantes * Independent *
An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny * Sunday Telegraph *
Contains enough tenderness and beauty to recommend it to García Márquez’s many fans * Wall Street Journal *
Delivers graceful insight into the fickle human heart, serving as an absorbing epilogue to García Márquez’s towering oeuvre * Bookpage *