First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
A town on the coast of Colombia has just celebrated a lavish wedding; the following morning Santiago Nasar drinks his coffee - it is the day that he is going to be killed. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Few believed that Santiago Nasar was the perpetrator but everybody knew the Vicario brothers were going to kill him. The warnings were clear. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
The fragments of memory chronicled by the narrator all point to an inevitable end. But surely something or someone could have saved Santiago Nasar? Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
The narrator continues to analyse the events of the day when his friend was murdered. He recalls how Angela Vicario came to be married to Bayardo San Roman, a loveless match. Show more
