News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman
News of a Kidnapping

Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman

News of a Kidnapping

Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman with Gabriel García Márquez (Translator)

291 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative tense medium-paced

Description

This astonishing book by the Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcí a Má rquez chronicles the 1990 kidnappings of ten Colombian men and women--all but one a journalist--by the Medellí n drug boss Pablo Escobar. The carefully orchestrated abductions were Esc...

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tense 86%
informative 75%
dark 58%
emotional 48%
challenging 27%
reflective 24%
sad 24%
adventurous 17%
inspiring 6%
hopeful 3%
mysterious 3%

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slow 25%
fast 7%

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