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Hello, today a forensic examination of the horror fiction boom, and all the fun of the

book fair from Frankfurt. But first, one of Colombia's most revered writers, Hector Abad,

with his latest novel The Farm, described on its

own jacket as an update of Marquez's hundred years of solitude. It's a family saga, looking

back over the generations who colonised the once inhospitable wilderness of marsh and mountain

near the now infamous city of Medellin.

The story kicks off with the death of the Ankhel matriarch,

and in alternating chapters we hear from her children,

Antonio, Pilar and Eva,

about their differing relationships with the eponymous homestead

they call La Occulta, or the Hideaway.

All three have their own opinions on what should now happen to the farm. Despite making a life in New York, San Antonio is drawn back there

by the family's enduring connection to the land. I feel that I am part of this land.

This old farm of ancestors I knew and I didn't know. I am the only one in the family who can reside a litany of their names

because I am the only one interested in the most eaten books,

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