News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez

News of a Kidnapping

Gabriel García Márquez with Edith Grossman (Translator)

291 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

In 1990, fearing extradition to the United States, Pablo Escobar - head of the Medell n drug cartel - kidnapped ten notable Colombians to use as bargaining chips. With the eye of a poet, Garc a M rquez describes the survivors' perilous ordeal and ...

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Moods

tense 83%
informative 66%
dark 55%
emotional 44%
challenging 22%
reflective 22%
sad 22%
adventurous 11%
inspiring 11%

Pace

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slow 35%
fast 11%

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