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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0440225590
ISBN-13: 9780440225591
Feb 1999
Publisher: Harpercollins
432 pages
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Language: English |
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Synopsis
Gunrunner Ben Tyler travels to Cuba during the Spanish-American war hoping to sell arms to Cuban nationals and make a hefty profit. Then the USS Maine explodes, sending the already turbulent region into greater turmoil.
| Size | | Length: | 432 pages | | Height: | 7.3 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Leonard shows his usual flair for characters and capers, and he's good with history writ small--he evokes a bygone Havana with plausible particulars, plenty of narrow streets and closed shutters....Until the end, Leonard manages to keep you in suspense about who's going to wind up with the cash, but there's one thing you know from the start: the 'mambis' never stand a chance."
New Yorker - Henry Louis Gates Jr. (01/26/1998)
"The war turns out to be backdrop rather than instigating purpose, a way to raise the hype rather than the ante. There is so much good storytelling in the novel, from parodies of the press to mockeries of the aristocracy to lessons on the manners of horses, that the reader is disappointed when the story falls back on traditional adventure motifs. Still, there are few writers who can match Leonard when it comes to narrative moves, none who write dialogues that say so little and mean so much....The result is a taut, often funny, frequently brutal account of how personal desires take tangled forms in trying times."
San Francisco Book Review - Paul Skenazy (01/18/1998)
"'Cuba Libre' maintains its equilibrium throughout, gives a dash of entertainment to the origins of the still-unresolved relationship between the United States and Cuba and carries the reader to a rewarding, if somewhat predictable, climax. To Leonard's immense credit, after more than 30 books, he still explores new terrain, continues to expand his turf and pulls it off with class."
Los Angeles Times Book Review - Tom Miller (02/01/1998)
"'Cuba Libre is not a bad book; it is, however, disappointing. The combination of subject and author promised much more than Leonard delivers."
Washington Post Book World - Nina King (02/15/1998)
"Top entertainment from the pro's pro: a million greedy schemes with time-outs for war and sex."
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