First edition Marquez classic recovered

Police in Colombia say they have recovered a signed first edition copy of the novel, “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

It was taken last weekend from a locked cabinet at the International Book Fair in the Colombian capital, Bogota. The book belongs to a collector who bought it in 2006; it was later signed by the author, who died last year. Police say it was found on a used book stall in Bogota. They suspect antique dealers were behind the robbery.

The book is estimated to be worth $60,000 but its owner says his copy is priceless. It disappeared on May 2 from a locked cabinet at the Corferias exhibition centre in Bogota where it was being exhibited as part of the book fair.

Marquez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, was Colombia's most famous and critically acclaimed author. Following his death in Mexico in April of last year, first editions of his novels have risen in value.

Source: BBC