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Books on Colombia

Recommended books on or related to Colombia...

1. Anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2. "The Dark Bride", Laura Restrepo
3. "Footprint Colombia Handbook" Peter Pollard
4. "More Terrible Than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia"
Robin Kirk
5. "Walking Ghosts: Murder and Guerrilla Politics in Colombia", Stephen Dudley

What do you recommend?

By CasaSol on Mar 25, 2005, 10:08 in Friendly Talkzone. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


joeinmedellin says on Mar 26, 2005, 12:22:

Our Guerrillas, Our Sidewalks "Our Guerrillas, Our Sidewalks" was a truly fascinating read. The history of violence in Colombia is told through the author's efforts to get his brother-in-law back from the ELN. True Story, by Herbert Braun

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Mr. Hollywood says on Mar 26, 2005, 13:56:

Cosmic Banditos I loved that book, too (ColX will hate it, since it's about drug smuggling). Weisbacker's 2nd book, "In Search of Captain Zero" also has some scenes in Colombia and is much less slapstick than Cosmic Banditos, probably since it's a memoir instead of a novel.

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