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Lädt ... Cuba Libre (Original 1998; 1999. Auflage)von Elmore Leonard
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I had never read this author and picked this up from the library shelves. A cowboy from Arizona, Ben Tyler, sets off with a friend to sell horses to Cuba in the late 1800's and soon finds out the shipment also contained guns for the Cuban revolutionaries. After meeting a beautiful young woman, Amelia Brown, who is the mistress of a wealthy American owning a sugar plantation, Ben finds himself in prison. Then the US ship, Maine, was blown up in the harbor and war is sure to begin. There are many adventures, all readable and believable. Good fast read with a big of history thrown in. ( ) Cuba Libre (novel) 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. For its first two-thirds, this historical thriller, set in the Spanish-American War, is my favorite of many good Leonard books. His formula -- trickster who's not as smart as he thinks he is gets in trouble with even dumber guy, then allies with beautiful third party to swindle the highly competent villains -- is so familiar by now that the variations really stand out, and in this case he's made a serious and convincing attempt to explore the roots of the America that his 20th-century lowlifes inhabit. And then the last third of the book is a big Hollywood chase scene in which the villains are picked off in the usual way; oh well. This book is set in 1899 as War breaks out between USA and Spain in Cuba. 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. One his best. If you're wary or thinking, "Elmore Leonard . . . historical fiction . . . what?" don't panic. It's Elmore Leonard through and through. Mantanzas, Cuba could be Detroit and the characters all talk, act, and think like they do in his mainland American settings. This one has terrific dialogue as well as terrific pauses ("He thought about that and looked at her again") and six or seven characters trying to think one step ahead of each other. I read this when it was first published and again, long after I had forgotten the machinations of the plot or who-wanted-what. If this is filmed, I hope the producer is smart enough to get Ian McShane to play Boudreaux and Timothy Oliphant to play Tyler--a Deadwood reunion that would be just fine. Wholly enjoyable and not a false phrase in the whole book. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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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." Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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