Author Trivia

During the 18 months that Gabriel Garcia Marquez spent working on his first novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, how did he afford the six packs of cigarettes a day he needed to write it?

1. His friends provided a pack each day.
2. Sponsorship from a Columbian tabaco company.
3. He grew his own tabacco.
4. His wife pawned their furniture.

Answer: His wife pawned their furniture.

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