Inane Murtaza

So, this was my last read of January. I know I'm a bit late in posting the review but I promise, I'll do try posting one regularly. To be honest, this was my first book by Marquez and I had literally picked this up for the sole reason that the cover of the book attracted me to the book. A very short read that one could finish within a day, here is my take on the book. Blurb (From Goodreads): Fridays are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty and monotony, scraping together the dregs of their savings for the food and medicine that keeps them alive. But on Fridays the postman comes - and that sets a fleeting wave of hope rushing through the Colonel's ageing heart. For fifteen years he's watched the mail launch come into harbour, hoping he'll be handed an envelope containing the army pension promised to him all those years ago. Whilst he waits for the cheque, his hopes are pinned on his prize...