News Of A Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez

News Of A Kidnapping

Gabriel García Márquez

291 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative tense medium-paced
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This text narrates the kidnapping of Maruja, a well-connected journalist in her 50s living in Botoga, and of her sister-in-law, Beatriz, by the gangs run by Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellin drug cartel, and one of the richest men in the world.

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3.8
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Moods

informative: 80%

tense: 67%

dark: 52%

emotional: 40%

challenging: 27%

sad: 26%

reflective: 24%

adventurous: 23%

mysterious: 9%

inspiring: 4%

hopeful: 3%

funny: 1%

lighthearted: 1%


Pace

9% of readers chose fast
57% of readers chose medium
32% of readers chose slow
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