Gabriel García Márquez with Bill Clinton in Cartagena, Colombia. Photograph: Presidencia/AFP/Getty

On Monday, Bill Clinton attended a special tribute in the Colombian town of Cartagena to the Nobel prize-winning writer Gabriel García Márquez, who turned 80 this month. The former US president heaped high praise on the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, saying: "I believe he's the most important writer of fiction in any language since William Faulkner died." What do you think?