To Have and Have Not
by Ernest Hemingway
Taste attributes: crimethrillerdramaunsavourylinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads
Boxlist takeA crime novel that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
3.8 / 5
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About This Book
This 1936 novel tells the story of an American fishing boat skipper who dabbles in a little smuggling to make ends meet. In need of money for his family the captain reluctantly becomes agrees to smuggle a group of Chinese immigrants from Cuba to Florida. This is Hemingway’s only novel to be set in the United States.
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- Author
- Ernest Hemingway
- Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 262
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- Open Library
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