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News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This Astonishing Book By The Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez Chronicles The 1990 Kidnappings Of Ten Colombian Men And Women - All Journalists But One - By The Medellin Drug Boss Pablo Escobar. The Carefully Orchestrated Abductions Were Escobar's Attempt To Extort From The Government Its Assurance That He, And Other Narcotics Traffickers, Would Not Be Extradited To The United States If They Were To Surrender. From The Highest Corridors Of Government To The Domain Of The Ruthless Drug Cartels, We Watch The Unfolding Of A Bizarre Drama Replete With Fascinating Characters: Cesar Gaviria, The Nation's Cool And Secretive President; Diana Turbay, A Famous Television Journalist And Magazine Editor; Three Indomitable Women Who Are Imprisoned For Miserable Months In A Small Room With A Light Perpetually On; An Eighty-two-year-old Priest With A Mission To Bring The Regime And The Cartel To The Negotiating Table; And Escobar Himself, The Legendary Drug Baron Who Changes His Bodyguards Daily And Maintains A Private Zoo With Giraffes And Hippos From Africa. All Of This Takes Place In A Country Where Presidential Candidates And Cabinet Officers Are Routinely Assassinated; Where Police Go In

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Author

Gabriel García Márquez

Publisher

New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, Inc.

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140269444

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Social Science, Fiction, History

Rating

3.82 / 5 (182 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13