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false <![CDATA[Cuba Libre]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175737720m/553075.jpg 553075 18 Elmore Leonard has a long track record of creating memorable characters--enough to bring life to many movies, the two most notable being Get Shorty and Jackie Brown(based on Leonard's Rum Punch). Both are pretty good movies, but the novels are much better. Today Leonard writes mostly "crime" novels, labeled as such because his characters struggle to be good in a world so full of temptation that some kind of crime is always involved. Cuba Libre finds Leonard reaching for a broader audience than those which appreciated either his crime novels or the westerns he once wrote, which he accomplishes by combining elements of both. Ben Tyler is a cowboy who robs banks, but only those that contain money of people who owe but won't pay him--he only takes what they owe. Charlie Burke is a businessman who buys horses cheap in the west, then sells them to exporters, while heroine Amelia Brown is the mistress of one of the truly bad men in the novel and struggles with dilemmas similar to those endured by other cast members. Begining around the time that the Maine is sunk in Havana Harbor and ending when Teddy and others storm San Juan Hill, the story is at its best when its colorful characters are turned loose in one of the novel's colorful settings. If you like Leonard, you'll love Cuba Libre, and if--for some reason--you haven't yet discovered the author, prepare for a real treat. 1048459 1998 Cuba Libre total:604|5:59|4:219|3:249|2:63|1:14| 604 2058 735 27 3 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 20:33:38 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 13:33:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 14 11:47:30 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 12:07:16 -0700 2008
Basically this is a western/crime story set...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 16:48:59 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 09:19:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 18 17:48:19 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 17:48:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 13:06:34 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 13:47:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 04:28:53 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 04:28:53 -0700 2009
No one like Leonard to tell a wry tale full of loveable low-lifes.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 22:27:05 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 10:31:00 -0800 2008
Most everything I've read of Elmore's fits into the crime fiction genre. But this one is peppered with history of the times as they were in Cuba, circa 1898. It deals with gun runners, sugar barons, horse traders...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Dec 07 02:18:07 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 02:20:14 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue May 26 11:34:25 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 11:34:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Jan 21 19:50:41 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 19:51:04 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 25 13:26:30 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 13:28:19 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Tue May 05 21:05:05 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 21:05:19 -0700 2009 2 0 true false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 21:56:15 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 22:01:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 18 10:09:26 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 10:19:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Feb 28 16:04:29 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 16:07:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 19 07:21:08 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 07:22:25 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jan 06 22:59:40 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 23:02:18 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Sep 22 08:10:38 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 08:13:57 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 29 09:32:57 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 09:34:13 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jul 19 12:35:36 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 12:35:36 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=553075