To Have and Have Not (Perennial Favorites Collection)

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by Ernest Hemingway

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To Have and Have Not (Perennial Favorites Collection)

by Ernest Hemingway

2 ratings • 1 review • 5 shelved

Harry Morgan was hard - the classic Hemingway hero - rum-running, gun-running and man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys in the Depression.
He ran risks, too, from 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...
This classic novella was turned into a brilliant film by Howard Hawks - the film in which Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Becall met - and remains an important work by one of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century.

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ISBN10 0586044701
ISBN13 9780586044704
Publish Date 12 May 1977 (first published 1 January 1937)
Publish Status Out of Print
Out of Print 13 October 1994
Publish Country GB
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint Grafton

Edition New edition
Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
Pages 192
Language English

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Crisp, effortless prose. Oddly erratic plot, the Harry Morgan thread and the Richard Gordon thread really don't have anything to do with each other. The Richard Gordon part feels strongly autobiographical. Apparently the book was written quickly and it shows. I read it while I was in Key West, where the book was set, so it resonated for me in spite of all the flaws.