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To Have and Have Not
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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Harsh, realistic, yet with one of the most subtle and moving relationships in the Hemingway oeuvre, To Have and Have Not is literary high adventure at its finest.
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- John
- 29-09-19
Great read and great story..
... so long as you can get past the n... word, the ch... word used as a matter of course, for the most it's when the characters speak but occasionally it seems it's the author that's speaking.
It is a different story to the film of the same name with just a few scenes taken from the book, but there are also parts used for another Bogart film in the same vein you may recognise.
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- Ian
- 30-03-15
captivating
Hemmingway is consistently brilliant.
There is no one else like him in their description of scenes, characters and dialogue.
absolutely wonderful.
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- J Peters
- 03-05-23
excellent performance
Great narration and performance and it's peppered with some of his finest passages of writing.
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- Grace
- 05-04-19
Poetry in motion
I've not read Hemingway for years, I'd forgotten how poetic and beautifully he writes. Farewell To Arms was the other and will have to go back to it. His writing is so well defined now, the toughest, manliest of men writing about quite often simple uncomplicated people, but I think he is unusual. The centre of him is beguiling, restless and haunting, it feels more like poetry than a novel. Recently got his short stories and will probably go on to more. Wonderful
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- juliana
- 13-01-16
Loved the dialogue and incredible narration
What else to say beyond the headline? Superbly written by Hemingway, bleak, to the point, sometimes with a tenderness under the despair.
A novel during the US recession era set between Miami and Cuba which got Hemingway into trouble for its supposedly Marxist content.
The highlight for me though was the incredible narration of Will Patton who brought Hemingway's language and the mood to life. The best narrator I've come across on Audible, possibly also because he was backed by a full production team who gets credited in the end.
More Audible of this quality please!!!
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- David
- 08-02-15
Great in parts but redeemed by performance
Not the greatest but contains interesting passages. Pity as it had the essence of a great storyline. The archaic language references to race could be offensive.The narrator was excellent.
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- Ann
- 15-11-22
Fantastic Short Book.
The narration is perfect for this audio book, it's critical to always check the sample before buying, if you don't feel the narration is exactly right even a favourite book will not be a good experience. There are a few narrators I particularly like. The novel comes across as a beautifully paced story of a boat owner trying to make ends meet and his inevitable journey into criminality.
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- Sarah
- 04-12-14
Disappointing
If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
I have been trying to catch up with my "serious literature" education, and realised I had only ever read a couple of short stories by Hemingway, which I hadn't enjoyed very much. I should have quit while I was ahead. Although I enjoyed The Old Man and the Sea, and I can see the "worthiness" of To Have and Have Not, I can only think that American Classics students would appreciate it.
Would you ever listen to anything by Ernest Hemingway again?
I've since tried For Whom The Bell Tolls, believing that there must be some reason he's an American Icon. It was even worse, and I actually admitted defeat after a couple of hours. I hate doing that. At least I have found out I definitely don't like Hemingway.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
The narrator made things worse. It was so dull and flat and very annoying (I think it's the same narrator in the other books), and strangely at odds with the macho man image I have of Hemingway.
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
I did feel I learned quite a bit about pre-revolution Cuba, which was why I was reading it.
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