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The Ultimate Challenge 2009
RABCK challenge 2009

Received in the mail today most unexpectedly! Thanks Deepswamp for fulfilling one of my wishes. I'll try to get to this soon but my TBR pile sure isn't getting any smaller. When read, I'll either make a ray of this or contribute it to the 1001-library.

This is No. 615 on the 1001 books you must read before you die list.

I thought this was an excellent novel by Hemingway as good as some of his best including "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Old Man and the Sea". It was a gritty story of Harry Morgan, a deep sea fishing guide, trafficker in rum and illegal immigrants, who struggles to make ends meet during the tough times of the Depression. Hemingway's descriptions of deep-sea fishing in the first part of the novel were great and this is about the only part of the story that ended up in the movie with Humphrey Bogart (who plays Harry Morgan) and Lauren Bacall. I happened to have a DVD of the movie (which I have always liked) and rewatched it in between reading the book. The movie takes place on Martinique and includes a political cloak and dagger story about the corrupt government there. The novel takes place in Cuba and the Florida keys and is much more hard-hitting than the movie with Morgan running contraband between Florida and Cuba. Morgan is also happily married in the novel and the Bacall character is nowhere to be seen. Morgan is obviously one of the "have-nots" in the book which also has a chapter or two devoted to the "haves" -- the rich yacht owners who come to Florida who don't seem to be any better off or happier than the poor have-nots. Overall, I would give this a high recommendation.

Thanks again Deepswamp for sending this to me as a RABCK - sorry I took so long in getting to it. Lot's of TBRs on my pile!

Thanks so much for your donation perryfran!

This book is now part of the 1001-library. If you want to take this book from the library but don't know how to proceed, please refer to the 1001-library bookshelf.

Sending to Heaven150 - a selection from the 1001 VBB. Enjoy!

One of my selections from the USA-Canada 1001-library VBB. Thanks so much for sharing. Will journal and then make available again to other 1001-library members when I'm done reading it.