Reviews for To Have and Have Not
Review - To Have and Have Not
I'm officially finished with Hemingway for all time.
Reviewed by Roger on 2000-11-06 14:48:01
To Have and Have Notby Ernest Hemingway | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
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| Pages: | 262 |
| Year of Publication: | 1937 |
| Date Read: | 03/10/2000 |
| Notes: | The story of Harry Morgan who runs rum and refugees from Cuba to Florida. He's hired by bank-robbing revolutionaries to help them get away. Readers who have seen the Bogart/Bacall film should be forewarned that about the only thing the book and the movie have in common is the title. The movie concerns a brave fishing-boat captain in World War II-era Martinique who aids the French Resistance, battles the Nazis, and gets the girl in the end. The novel concerns a broke fishing-boat captain who agrees to carry contraband between Cuba and Florida in order to feed his wife and daughters. Of the two, the novel is by far the darker, more complex work. |
| My Rating: | 3 |