Siete minutos
Subtitle: [novela.]
Publisher: Tercer Mundo]
Published: 1971
Place of publication: [Bogotá
Language: spa
Number of pages: 273
First sentence: The backyard looked dark with its muddy floor and shrubs growing by the wall, as the sun careered through the sky in its journey towards infinity.  Shifting on the mud by the edge of a puddle, Homer played with his toys in the water.  After enticing some ants with a sweet he had put in a paper boat, he made it capsize in the mud.
Description: Siete minutos is a book about life in Latin America, when everything gets disrupted by wars and revolutions, but then a man emerges ready to conquer the world. 
After his humble beginnings, Homer wants to have some money. Then he becomes very rich as the sun explodes, killing humankind and bringing apocalypse to his soul.
The book has a humoristic look on life. We see the corruption and intrigue existing in Latin American governments then and now, as Homer takes advantage of society to conquer the world.
Notes: Starting through a path

Full of problems and dangers

Homer wanted to have some money


 
As Maria cleaned the shop

Miguel saw to the customers

And Jose danced around the tree of life 

 
Then an Indian took him in a journey

To the ends of the earth

Full of ghosts and coca leaves

 
Where Homer found some papers

That changed his life

Bringing apocalypse to his soul