News of a Kidnapping
1996
4.3(366 reviews)
Publisher: Vintage
304 pages
ISBN: 978-1400034932
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News of a Kidnapping

In 1990, fearing extradition to the United States, Pablo Escobar – head of the Medellín drug cartel – kidnapped ten notable Colombians to use as bargaining chips. With the eye of a poet, García Márquez describes the survivors’ perilous ordeal and the bizarre drama of the negotiations for their release. He also depicts the keening ache of Colombia after nearly forty years of rebel uprisings, right-wing death squads, currency collapse and narco-democracy. With cinematic intensity, breathtaking language and journalistic rigor, García Márquez evokes the sickness that inflicts his beloved country and how it penetrates every strata of society, from the lowliest peasant to the President himself.

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Title:News of a Kidnapping
Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Type:Standalone Book
Published:1996
Pages:304
ISBN-10:1400034930
ISBN-13:978-1400034932

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