In this novel, the insecticide expert Mr. Brown is brought in to deal with an ant infestation which 
In this novel, the insecticide expert Mr. Brown is brought in to deal with an ant infestation which is solved when a peasant simply asks the ants to go away. One character in this novel frequents the Christopher Columbus brothel, which the hooker Transito Soto turns into a gay friendly establishment. One character dies after drinking poisoned brandy meant for her father Severo de Valle. The death of the (*) green-haired Rosa the Beautiful causes another character to carry around a chalkboard to communicate for nine years as she refuses to talk until her marriage to Esteban, who abandons his plantation at Tres Marias to participate in a coup against the Communists. FTP, name this novel that follows the Trueba family in an unnamed South American country, a work of Isabel Allende.
In this novel, the insecticide expert Mr. Brown is brought in to deal with an ant infestation which is solved when a peasant simply asks the ants to go away.
The {House of the Spirits} [or La {casa de los espiritus}]