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Chapter 1
Chronicle of a Death Foretold begins with the narrator stating that the events leading to the murder of Santiago Nasar were known in advance as if they were destined to happen. The narrator, who is an unnamed friend of Santiago, travels back in time to reconstruct the events leading up to the murder twenty-seven years after the fact.
The night before Santiago's death, the town celebrated the wedding of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman. The next morning, the bishop was due to bless the town, so many headed to the docks to see him in various states of sleep and revelry.
The narrator describes how the entire town became aware of...
