Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin (New York Review Books Classics)
 "The journalism which began Márquez's Nobel Prize-winning career is employed here not only to tell Littín's remarkable story, but offer a tragic summary of Chilean politics." —The Independent (London)"Reissued nearly 25 years after its initial appearance, the book recounts a middle-aged caper, vainglorious yet genuinely gripping. Time has drained the adventure of its urgency, and our geographical and cultural distance blunts its force. Still, this remains a significant document. An invaluable preface by Francisco Goldman explains why." —The Boston Globe“Clandestine in Chileis a memoir of Mr. Littin’s six-week adventure, as told to  and recast by Mr. Garcia Marquez, and a sketch for what the latter calls the film  behind the film, the personal story he finds more moving than the original film project.  The idea is moving, indeed dazzling...[Gabriel Garcia Márquez] seems chiefly to have  lent some of his own quietly lyrical cadences to certain images and chapter endings…he  evokes well the haunting cold of autumn in Chile, and gently registers the exile’s  nostalgias and surprises.” –Michael Wood,The New York Times  “Garcia Marquez has  written a terse political thriller with shafts of insight into conflicts of identity.”  –Newsweek“In Garcia Marquez’s  prose, Littin’s actions become truly heroic and the clandestine hero achieves the  grandeur of all popular heroes…readers now have the story of a magnificent civil  disobedience.” –The Globe and Mail(Canada) “Garcia Marquez’s book is based on hours  of taped interviews with Littin, and is retold in the first person, which gives it  suspense and immediacy and brings embattled Chile vividly to life…it portrays a government  without legitimacy, a people living in fear and a resistance movement determined  to fight for change.” –The Sunday Times(London) “A rousing adventure story, this  is also the best reportage available about conditions in Chile today.”“It is excellent journalism...this book remains an interesting historical document—smuggled across the Chilean border like contraband—of what life was like under the old dictator…I have never read a book that pokes quite such irreverent fun at the dangers of military power.” –The Independent (London)“Fluid and  full of surprises.” –The Washington Post “Two foremost artists of Latin America  meet in this breathtaking story…Clandestineis a fascinating literary journey…the  book alone is celebration enough of human ingenuity and determination. I recommend  it wholeheartedly.” –Marjorie Agosin,The Christian Science Monitor “Marquez re-creates  the story brilliantly from taped interviews with Littin and writes it in first person.”  –Claire Scobie,The Sun Hearld(Sydney) “An extraordinary if Chaplinesque adventure  which would make good comedy if it did not take place against the background of one  of the most repressive regimes in modern times…[it succeeds] as a reporting style  swinging freely between effervescence and emotionalism.” –Courrier Mail