 First edition (Spanish) | |
| Author | Gabriel García Márquez |
|---|---|
| Original title | La mala hora |
| Translator | Gregory Rabassa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Premio Literario Esso (Spain) Harper & Row (US) |
Publication date | 1962 |
| Publication place | Colombia |
Published in English | 1979 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 183 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-011414-5 |
| OCLC | 5633093 |
| 863 19 | |
| LC Class | PQ8180.17.A73 M313 1979 |
In Evil Hour (Spanish: La mala hora) is a novel by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, first published (in an edition disowned by the author[1]) in 1962.
Written while García Márquez lived in Paris, the story was originally entitled Este pueblo de mierda (This Town of Shit or This Shitty Town). Rewritten, it won a literary prize in Colombia.
Some of the same characters and situations found in La mala hora later re-appear in Cien años de soledad.