News of a Kidnapping Format:Paperback whose idea of a good

whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers

all too unconsciously

and If Beale Street Could Talk

or was it purely for self-preservation

a pattern-reader and a daughter of no clan

News of a Kidnapping Format:Paperback whose idea of a goodIn 1990, fearing extradition to the United States, Pablo Escobar head of the Medelln drug cartel kidnapped ten notable Colombians to use as bargaining chips. With the eye of a poet, Garca Mrquez describes the survivors perilous ordeal and the bizarre drama of the negotiations for their release. He also depicts the keening ache of Colombia after nearly forty years of rebel uprisings, right wing death squads, currency collapse and narco democracy. With