Lot #55: News of a Kidnapping - By Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez

News of a Kidnapping (Original title: Noticia de un secuestro) by Gabriel García Márquez. Translated by Edith Grossman. First American Edition, 1997. This is a non-fiction work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. It provides a journalistic account of the series of abductions carried out by the Medellín Cartel in Colombia during the early 1990s. The kidnappings were orchestrated by Pablo Escobar as a way to pressure the Colombian government into banning the extradition of drug lords to the United States. The book focuses on the experiences of the hostages and their families, as well as the political turmoil gripping the country at the time. Pickup category timeslot {A}