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Gabriel García Márquez is one of the most iconic writers of post war literature. In this event, Tariq Ali joins Gerald Martin, author of Gabriel García Márquez: A Life, to discuss the gritty, fascinating and frequently humorous reality behind the books. Martin has interviewed Fidel Castro, Mario Vargas Llosa, Felipe González and hundreds of other key figures, alongside Márquez's family, to provide a uniquely detailed portrait of a Nobel Prize-winning author. Tariq Ali is an acclaimed writer, journalist and activist. His book Pirates of the Caribbean charts the evolution of Latin American politics. Gerald Martin is the author of Journeys Through the Labyrinth: Latin American Fiction in the Twentieth Century.