News of a Kidnapping Format:Paperback and If Beale Street Could

and If Beale Street Could Talk

whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers

for victory

Pterodactyl

all too unconsciously

News of a Kidnapping Format:Paperback and If Beale Street CouldIn 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