Cuba Libre, Elmore Leonard
Cuba Libre, Elmore Leonard
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Cuba Libre

Author: Elmore Leonard

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 9 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/12/2010

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

“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 ChronicleBefore 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.”

About Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers Raylan, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, Get Shorty, and Rum Punch, as well as the acclaimed collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story “Fire in the Hole,” and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.

About George Guidall

George Guidall is one of the foremost narrators in the audiobook industry, having recorded over 500 unabridged books ranging from classics to contemporary bestsellers. He is the recipient of the 1999 Audie Award presented by the Audio Publishers Association for the best narration of unabridged fiction.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on April 12, 2023

In the old days, Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard would be called a swashbuckler. Ben Tyler, our hero, is a cowboy gone South; in this case, as far south as Cuba. He also has a history of justifiable bank robbery, if there is such a thing. So, in a way, this novel is a ‘western.’ Ben finds himself shipp......more

Goodreads review by James on November 21, 2023

Elmore Leonard began his career by writing a number of great western novels. He then segued into crime fiction and promptly produced some of the best crime novels ever written by anyone. Then, in 1998, he decided to take a turn at historical fiction and in the 100th anniversary year of the Spanish-A......more

Goodreads review by Dave on June 28, 2022

I was looking to escape from the grim view of human nature Patricia Highsmith embraces (and that I also admire for its own wickedness) and have read some Elmore Leonard, mostly the comic romps. That was for me now, so at random picked this up and darn it, it is a serious novel about Cuba, The US and......more

Goodreads review by Jim on September 22, 2024

Nobody writes like Elmore John Leonard Jr. (1925-2013). He began his writing career with Western short stories and novels in the 50s. Then he turned to crime stories, his first one, "The Big Bounce," published in 1969. "Glitz" was his big breakout in the crime genre. An Atlantic City gambling story......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on February 25, 2016

It has taken five books learn how devious Leonard can be in telling his stories. I once thought of Leonard as a solid character writer. Every character that he has brought to life has provided hours of entertainment through their unique characteristics. He has never failed to tell a good story. But I......more