About this title: Returning to his days as a reporter for "El Spectator", Gabriel Garcia Marquez chronicles, with consummate skill, the period in late 1990 when Colombian security forces mounted a nationwide manhunt for Pablo Escobar, the ruthless and elusive head of the Medellin drug cartel.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780375400513ISBN:0375400516
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. Light to mod wear Dj. Clean edge a couple of spots. Name inside. Now for some reason the edge has been taped down. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics), E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780140269444ISBN:0140269444
Description: Good. 0140269444 Previously read trade paperback book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, may have worn or bent corners, s...004441709 _ read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780375400513ISBN:0375400516
Description: Fine. BOOK IS NEW! ! First American Edition. Slight shelf wear slight wear to dust jacekt and a very small "B" written on bottom page edges. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780375400513ISBN:0375400516
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover Book, Clean pages, dj has shelf wear, pages clean, great reading condition, uneven cut pages. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"This time he writes as a journalist telling a hard story of a real event in Colombia. The story unfolds in an unwavering, methodical narrative. No wavering from the reality."
"Although Marquez is usually known for his magical realism, he takes a step back from the expected and writes a journalistic account of the kidnappings of journalists in Columbia in 1990. What makes this book interesting is that it is not told only from the government's perspective or only from the family's perspective; Marquez investigates all angles and gets the story from every possible side associated with this kidnapping. The hostages, the captors, the family, the government and even the Pablo Escobar, the mastermind behind the kidnappings. Marquez's stories are anything but ordinary and this is certainly no exception. One of the interesting things he does is instead of the cliche government saving the hostages from the evil kidnappers, the government is the old, lazy bad guy while the kidnappers are just doing what they have to do. Marquez turns the cliche plot on its head and makes the reader really think hard about who is right and who is wrong. What makes someone good or evil."
"My first time with Marquez' non-fiction, did not disappoint. Great story and great background for folks with some knowledge of the Columbian Drug War (most folks who have read and enjoyed Bowden's "Killing Pablo" would really enjoy this). Very much a "local history" with a lot of great cultural minutia that adds a ton to the story."
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