Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 2009 by Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara - Gala_Ianugural 022. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Paul Elie reconstructs the making of One Hundred Years of Solitude by interviewing Gabriel García Márquez's agent, editor, translator, and others involved in the 20th century classic's creation: "How is it that this novel could be sexy, entertaining, experimental, politically radical, and wildly popular all at once? Its success was no sure thing, and the story of how it came about is a crucial and little-known chapter in the literary history of the last half-century."
