The two books — “Gabo, Letters and Memories” and “Gabo Journalist” are both biographical works recounting Marquez in the prime of his career.
“Gabo, Letters and Memories,” written by fellow Colombian and a close friend of Marquez, writer Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, is a portrayal of the usually publicity-shy Nobel Prize laureate from those who know him best.
The second, “Gabo Journalist,” is a collection of the journalistic work by Marquez, including some insight into his life and a collection of early pictures of the Nobel Prize Laureate.
The article also contains a small window into the thoughts of the writer, noting that “if I were not a writer, I would have wanted to be the man who played the piano without anyone [seeing] his face,” in a quiet bar, going on to note that he ‘had to settle with being the most famous writer in the world.’