Chronicle of a Death Foretold

The arrangement of the words is key if one was to determine what the plot of the book is. If to take the words literally,I could assume the story is of a chronicle that has been written of somebody's death and how it was known, before the death occurred, that it would take place. My assumed plot thus brings a questionable story that would defy logic. First, No one knows when they are going to die, and therefore the future knowledge of a death is bizarre and could possibly be known from a fortune teller, or from a doctor if the main character was ill. Secondly, a death is a single moment and can not be put into a chronicle unless it took many steps to carry, leading me to believe Marquez writes of a murder. A known murder that the main character was never told of by the holder or holders of this information.