To Have and Have Not
Alternate cover edition of ISBN10:0099909006; ISBN13:9780099909002 Harry Morgan was hard - the classic Hemingway hero - rum-running and man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys during the dismal days of the Depression. He ran risks, too, stray coastguard bullets and sudden double-crosses, but it...
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Alternate cover edition of ISBN10:0099909006; ISBN13:9780099909002 Harry Morgan was hard - the classic Hemingway hero - rum-running and man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys during the dismal days of the Depression. He ran risks, too, stray coastguard bullets and sudden double-crosses, but it was the only way he could keep his boat, keep his independence and keep his belly full...
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Format: paperback
Publisher: Arrow Books
Pages no: 180
Edition language: English
This will be a combination "Notes on Adaptation" column and review of Hemingway's novel "To Have and Have Not." Generally, I prefer a book to its movie adaptation. The reading experience is richer, deeper, and more personal than the viewing. Many films have credible adaptations; a smaller percent...
To Have and Have Not has a reputation as Hemingway's worst book, and it is the worst of his books that I have read. The book is experimental. At first it is influenced by noir writing such as Hammett and Chandler. Later it moves out of telling a narrative and starts telling the stories of multipl...
You would think that it would be difficult to have a depressing story set in the warm and sunny Florida Keys, but this Hemingway novel manages to do it. Henry Morgan's life goes from bleak to bleaker. Set during the Depression, Morgan makes some dicey choices trying to earn enough money for his fa...
This is not at all the Nazi romp of Bogie and Bacall fame. There might be some external similarities, but they seem fleeting. If you put your lips together to whistle here, the likelihood would be that it would be to warn someone that the police were coming. Life can be tough in The Conch Republic.H...
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