Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre (USA 2012)

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"ELMORE LEONARD IS A LITERARY GENIUS." -- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Sailing mares and guns into Havana harbor in 1898 -- right past the submerged wreckage of the U.S. battleship Maine -- 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.

"A wild ride through Cuba during the Spanish-American War... A good old-fashioned Western served with a sly grin and a side dish of scams." -- Miami Herald
"Not only his finest novel but one that transcends the limits of its genre and is worthy of being evaluated as literary fiction." -- Houston Chronicle

ELMORE LEONARD has written more than forty books during his highly successful writing career, and many of his novels have been made into movies. Leonard is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Bloomfield Village, Michigan.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre. A Novel. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062184290 (April, 2012), 405 p., $14.99.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre (UK 2008)

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War in Cuba isn't Ben Tyler's concern. Still, sailing mares and guns into Havana harbor in 1898 - right past the submerged wreckage of the U.S. battleship Maine - may not be the smartest thing the recently prison-sprung horse wrangler 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 Ben get everything he's got rightfully coming... even when the whole damn island's going straight to Hell.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre. Phoenix, ISBN: 9780753822432 (June, 2008), 360 p., £7.99.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre (USA 2002)

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War in Cuba isn't Ben Tyler's concern. Still, sailing mares and guns into Havana harbor in 1898 - right past the submerged wreckage of the U.S. battleship Maine - may not be the smartest thing the recently prison-sprung horse wrangler 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 Ben get everything he's got rightfully coming... even when the whole damn island's going straight to hell.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre. Harpertorch, ISBN: 0060084049 (July, 2002), 405 p., $7.50.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre (UK 1999)

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Cowboy Ben Tyler arrives from Havana with a string of horses to sell - cover for a boatload of guns he's running to Cuban insurgents. Pretty soon he finds himself in love but also in prison facing the prospect of a firing squad.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre. Penguin, ISBN: 0140277145 (April, 1999), 343 p., £5.99.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre (USA 1999)

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"ELMORE LEONARD'S MOST EXCITING BOOK IN YEARS." -- The Wall Street Journal
"TAUT, OFTEN FUNNY, FREQUENTLY BRUTAL... LEONARD DELIVERS." -- San Francisco Chronicle

On a hot night in Havana Harbor, U.S. marines sleep on the deck of the USS Maine as the sound of rumba music drifts across the water. Then, in a flash, the Maine is blown to pieces. Now a bloody carnaval of war, nations, and schemers is exploding on the dusty, sugar-rich island some dared call...

CUBA LIBRE
Welcome to Cuba, 1898 -- where the insurrectos are in the hills, the rich are partying in Havana, and Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders are about to come ashore. Into the melee an American cowboy arrives with a scheme to sell horses and run guns, earning himself a date with a firing squad -- until a rich man's mistress saves his skin. Now Amelia Brown and Ben Tyler are riding for their lives, fighting side by side -- for revenge, for love, and honor.

This rip-roaring jaunt into history sizzles with the passion of lovers, the violence of nations, and the wild courage of freedom fighters crying out to their firing squads: "Viva Cuba Libre!"

"SPLENDID... DRAMATIC TENSION, BRISK PLOTTING, INTERESTING MORAL CONUNDRUMS, EXCITING CLIMAXES." -- Chicago Sun-Times
A SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre. Dell, ISBN: 0440225590 (January, 1999), 405 p., $7.50.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre (USA 1998)

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Set on the eve of the Spanish-American War, Elmore Leonard's electrifying novel takes off like a shot. A spellbinding journey into the heart and soul of the Cuban revolution of a hundred years ago, Cuba Libre is an explosive mix of high adventure, history brought to life, and a honey of a love story--all with the dead-on dialogue and unforgettable characters that mark Elmore Leonard as an American original.

Just three days after the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor, Ben Tyler arrives with a string of horses to sell--cover for a boatload of guns he's running to Cuban insurgents, risking a firing squad if he's caught.

This cowboy's first day ashore sets the pace for a wild ride to come. He sells the horses to an American planter, Roland Boudreaux, who's making a killing in Cuba...meets the man's sparkly New Orleans-born mistress, Amelia Brown, and falls in love...makes an enemy of a terrorizing Guardia Civil officer named Tavalera, and a friend of a mysterious old Cuban, Victor Fuentes...is forced into a gunfight and thrown in prison, Tavalera determined to nail him as a spy.

Tyler has done time in the past for robbing banks, but never in a place like Morro Castle. America is about to declare war on Spain, and if Tyler doesn't manage to get out very soon, he's a dead man.

How his escape comes about, with surprising help, is the high point from which the plot takes off on a train ride across Cuba, with Tyler and Amelia looking for more than love, a lot more--a chance to snatch a bundle of Boudreaux's cash, if they can pull it off. But who can you trust? Everyone's a schemer in this one.

Leonard breaks new ground in this rip-roaring jaunt into history, packed with all the twists, turns, sly plot, and wicked wit his fans have come to expect of the writer who has redefined the art of the novel.

Elmore Leonard: Cuba Libre. Delacorte Press, ISBN: 0385323832 (October, 1998), 343 p., $23.95.