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Chargement... Cuba Libre (original 1998; édition 1999)par Elmore Leonard
Information sur l'oeuvreViva Cuba libre par Elmore Leonard (1998)
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) maryreinert | Jan 21, 2024 |  Article Talk Read Edit View history From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cuba Libre CubaLibre.jpg First edition Author Elmore Leonard Cover artist Chip Kidd (designer) Country United States Language English Publisher Delacorte Press Publication date 1998 Media type Print (Hardcover) Preceded by Riding the Rap Followed by Pagan Babies Cuba Libre is a 1998 historical novel written by Elmore Leonard. The story takes place in 1898, immediately before the outbreak of the Spanish–American War.[1][2] Plot summary Ben Tyler, a cowboy and sometime bank robber, is released from prison and is recruited by his old boss to ship a string of horses to a rich American sugar baron in Cuba. Their ship arrives in Havana harbor shortly after the explosive destruction of the warship USS Maine, amid rumors that war between Spain and the United States of America is imminent. CalleFriden | Feb 9, 2023 |  ) elibishop173 | Oct 11, 2021 | Ben Tyler is trying his luck selling Horses and Guns in Cuba. He meets a few different characters along the way. Some good some bad. He ends up in jail a lovely young Lady called Amelia with help from her rich boyfriends assistant hatch a plan to free Ben from jail and also fake her kidnapping to receive $45,000 ransom money. There is a big battle, Police are involved and the War has now started. Amelia and Ben get double crossed, lots of other people are after the money. Amelia and Ben do get a little bit of money and decide they want to stay in Cuba. This was different from the books I usually read was a bit long winded and political. (  ) Daftboy1 | May 26, 2020 |  ) Stubb | Aug 28, 2018 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"A wild ride through Cuba during the Spanish-American War." --Miami Herald "Not only his finest novel but one that transcends the limits of its genre and is worthy of being evaluated as literary fiction." --Houston Chronicle Before Grand Master Elmore Leonard earned his well-deserved reputation as "the best writer of crime fiction alive" (Newsweek), he penned some of the finest western fiction to ever appear in print. (The classics Hombre, Valdez is Coming, and 3:10 to Yuma were just a few of his notable works.) With his extraordinary Cuba Libre, Leonard ingeniously combines all of his many talents and delivers a historical adventure/caper/western/noir like none other. The creator of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, star of Raylan, Pronto, Riding the Rap, and TV's Justified, spins a gloriously exciting yarn about an American horse wrangler who escapes a date with a Cuban firing squad to join forces with a powerful sugar baron's lady looking to make waves and score big in and around Spanish-American War-torn Havana in 1898. Everything you love about Leonard's fiction--and more--is evident in Cuba Libre. No wonder the New York Times Book Review enthusiastically declared him "a literary genius." Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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