God smiled on this great writer and old fool. Marquez has lived long enough to play the tethered, old Buendía himself.
Aye, but let's spare him the Colonel's firing squad. The old fool's entitled to his leftest opinions, after what he's given us. I love his works, and Neruda's poetry, too, and I believe most FReaders are mature enough to read them both with reverence and awe.
This is good stuff, people. So many of our great American writers have a port list -- but we still read Hemingway and the rest, and listen to Willie Nelson and Steve Earle.
Don't deny yourself Garcia-Marquez. Read!