The General in his Labyrinth by Garcia Marquez

I found the books concept very fascinating. The last few weeks of a mighty leader who liberated South America from the Spanish colonists but than list it all to his own trusted aids in just over a decade! I saw huge similarities between the general and Pakistan's founding father Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Jinnah rapidly lost favour among his peers and subordinates soon after creating Pakistan from the clutches of Hindu domination.
But I found the book difficult to follow as I knew very little about the various characters portrayed in the book, his many lover affairs and his litany of success's and failures. The book drags on and on as the general tries to die honourably but very similar non-events keep haunting him, like dreams and hallucinations. For me the book could have a lot smaller.