The Shiner
Shiner, originally uploaded by Koosama.
The New York Times published this photo of Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Rodrigo Moya. It was taken in 1976, two days after he was punched in the eye by his (former) close friend Mario Vargas Llosa. Neither man has written about the incident or its cause/s. A pity.
Here’s our earlier post on the Garcia Marquez – Vargas Llosa smackdown.
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March 30th, 2007 at 19:16
Thanks for providing a picture of the, if not great, then certainly the distinctive, character actor, Dennis Farina. Seriously, thanks for the story. When I share this with my grad students next semester, I’ll make sure to credit you. :-)