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To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not
Author: Ernest Hemingway
To Have and Have Not is the dramatic, brutal story of Harry Morgan, an honest boat owner who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of the wealthy and dissipated yachtsmen who swarm the region, and involve him in a st...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780020518808
ISBN-10: 0020518803
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 262
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3.3 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Collier Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This was only my second Hemingway, and while his style is a bit hard to grasp sometimes, it was good reading. What seems like a low-key adventure is really a lesson in the intertwinings of the lives of people in old Key West and Cuba, and a nice break from Papa's usual backdrop of Europe.
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A strange book. Its mainly written as conversations with the slang of the waterfront. Don't get why its a classic. Book review says Hemingway's gift for dialogue, guess its how you look at it.


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