Two years after telling the world he was finished with writing, Gabriel García Márquez has rediscovered his muse. The Nobel prizewinner is giving the final touches to "a novel of love", according to a friend.

DarÌo Arizmendi, head of news at Radio Caracol in Colombia, said the novel would appear before the end of the year. He said: "I had the fortune to spend last weekend in Mexico with the writer and I can assure you that he is putting the final touches to his new novel."

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