First published in 1903 A fuego lento has all the elements to be considered a veritable roman clef: its first part takes place in some caribbean place that under the despective name of Ganga hardly conceals it's real identity as the colombian city of Barranquilla, where Emilio Bobadilla lived during some months in 1898 and from where he was ousted, embittered and angry with the local literary circles. His later expulsion from the country by president...