{"product_id":"cuba-libre-paperback","title":"Cuba Libre - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElmore Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A wild ride through Cuba during the Spanish-American War.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Not only his finest novel but one that transcends the limits of its genre and is worthy of being evaluated as literary fiction.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Grand Master Elmore Leonard earned his well-deserved reputation as \"the best writer of crime fiction alive\" (\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e), he penned some of the finest western fiction to ever appear in print. (The classics \u003cem\u003eHombre\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eValdez is Coming\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e3:10 to Yuma\u003c\/em\u003e were just a few of his notable works.) With his extraordinary \u003cem\u003eCuba Libre\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eRaylan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePronto\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRiding the Rap\u003c\/em\u003e, and TV's \u003cem\u003eJustified\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eCuba Libre\u003c\/em\u003e. No wonder the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBook Review\u003c\/em\u003e enthusiastically declared him \"a literary genius.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSailing mares and guns into Havana harbor in 1898--right past the submerged wreckage of the U.S. battleship \u003cem\u003eMaine\u003c\/em\u003e--isn't the smartest thing recently prison-sprung horse wrangler Ben Tyler ever did. Neither is shooting one of the local Guardia, though the pompous peacock deserved it. Now Tyler's sitting tight in a vermin-infested Cuban stockade waiting to face a firing squad. But he's not dying until he gets the money he's owed from a two-timing American sugar baron. And there's one smart, pistol-hot lady at the rich man's side who could help Tyler get everything he's got rightfully coming . . . even when the whole damn island's going straight to Hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135848190087,"sku":"9780062184290","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/39f49c649589bc130c1e3e756b05861a.webp?v=1732652345","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/cuba-libre-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}