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News of a Kidnapping

News of a Kidnapping book

News of a Kidnapping

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2008-01-08
Publication Date:
2008-01-08
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1400034930
ISBN13:
9781400034932
Weight:
222 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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