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ISBN: 0743238087

ISBN13: 9780743238083

Havana

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(Book #3 in the Earl Swagger Series)

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Stephen Hunter takes beloved hero, Earl Swagger, into the lush world of 1950's Cuba to fight the American mobsters who control the Havana casinos. Cuba 1953: The island is on fire. The Mafia-run casinos are rolling, and it's just a 30-minute flight from Miami to a world of vice, gambling, sex, and drugs. The money is there for anyone who knows how to get it, including the Cuban government and the police, who want to keep their ally Uncle Sam happy. There's only one threat to this corrupt utopia: a silver-tongued, daring young revolutionary named Fidel Castro. With the Cold War underway, the Soviet Union has sent a sophisticated veteran agent to find and support the young upstart. To counter, the CIA has summoned Medal of Honor-winning ex-marine Sergeant Earl Swagger, whose heroic exploits have earned him the reputation of a man who doesn't know how to lose. But he's not just going to find Castro... He's going to kill him. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0071476881

ISBN13:9780071476881

Release Date:January 2007

Publisher:McGraw Hill

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.13 lbs.

Dimensions:9.2" x 0.7" x 6.3"

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Rated 5 stars
A Worthy Addition to the Swagger Legacy

By Thriftbooks.com User, February 5, 2010

It's 1953 and Earl Swagger, now a sergeant in the Arkansas State Police, is persuaded to hire on as a bodyguard for Congressman "Boss" Harry Etheridge on a visit to Cuba, but unknown to him he is being lured to the island to assassinate the young and troublesome Fidel Castro, who is going about making speeches about Cuba for Cubans. This is bad for the CIA, the Mafia, Big Sugar and Big Rum, all who want to maintain the status...

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A Different Kind of Earl Swagger Story

By Thriftbooks.com User, July 1, 2005

If, like me, you've been following the Swaggers, father and son, then you have been eagerly awaiting HAVANA. I couldn't wait to set eyes on pages, because I have to admit that I like the way Stephen Hunter serves up his violence. Straight forward and justly deserved. The Swaggers are no nonsense guys who are firmly rooted with a morel code that brooks no nonsense. Mess with them and bad things happen to you. I grabbed a Carib...

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Rated 5 stars
More literary than some of his other books

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 24, 2005

Stephen Hunter has come a long way since he wrote (and I read) The Master Sniper, perhaps two decades ago. I have to say I wasn't very impressed with that book, and it was some years before I picked up another of Hunter's books, Point of Impact as it happened. I still think that's his best book, though Time to Hunt is also very good, and the rest of his books since then are an improvement over his earlier works. Point of...

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Rated 5 stars
A good adventure thriller set in 1950s Cuba

By Thriftbooks.com User, October 13, 2004

This is a good one. Besides Hunter's continuation of the Swagger family history, a plus in itself, it is also replete with historical and semi-historical material which brought back memories. In one incident, Gunter sort of "took a shot" at Papa Hemingway--made him out to be a drunken boor--and maybe he was, but I loved Hemingway's writing, and thought better of him. It reminded me a little of what Steinbeck did to the...

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Earl Swagger is Back, Better than Ever

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 4, 2003

Cuba in 1953 is wide open, appealing to rich Americans who want to revel in wine, women and gambling. The Mob, the CIA and Big Sugar want it to stay that way. Castro and the Soviets want change.Earl Swagger has been brought to the country under false pretenses. He thinks he's there to bodyguard a congressman, but the CIA puts him on the hunt for Castro's head. The Russians however have their own version of Swagger, a guy fresh...

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