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News of a kidnapping
Title:
News of a kidnapping
Author:
García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014.

Grossman, Edith.
ISBN:
9780241968697
Uniform Title:
Noticia de un secuestro. English
Publication Information:
London : Penguin Books, 2014.
Physical Description:
291 p. ; 20 cm
General Note:
Translated from the Spanish.

Translation of: Noticia de un secuestro.
Abstract:
Pablo Escobar: billionaire drugs baron, ruthless manipulator brutal killer and jefe of the infamous Madellin cartel. A man whose importance in the international drug trade and renown for his charitable work among the poor brought him influence and power in his home country of Colombia, and the unwanted attention of the American courts.
Subject:
Kidnapping -- Colombia.
Hostages -- Colombia.
Drug traffic -- Colombia.
Summary:
Pablo Escobar: billionaire drugs baron, ruthless manipulator brutal killer and jefe of the infamous Madellin cartel. A man whose importance in the international drug trade and renown for his charitable work among the poor brought him influence and power in his home country of Colombia, and the unwanted attention of the American courts.