The Horsemen

Upon the death of his wife, he was left with a single aim: making a lady of his daughter. It was a long and uncertain path for a mule trader who didn't know how to read or write, and whose reputation of being a cattle rustler was not proved so much as well known in the province of San Juan de la Ciénaga. He lit a rolled cigarette, and lamented: "The only thing worse than bad health, is a bad reputation".

Love in the Time of Cholera