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universalbee 's review for:
To Have and Have Not
by Ernest Hemingway
this book isn't all that bad. it was a weird transition from the last book i read - 'all quiet on the western front' - and i think that initially affected my opinion of the book. but the classic hemingway elements are there: masculinity and heroism, questionable depictions of women, and (of course) booze, and the more i thought about it, the more i respected the characters. there are some nice introspective, stream-of-consciousness narratives.
heard a rumor that benecio del toro is making this into a film, and i hope it remains true to the text (unlike the humphrey bogart version which left the original far behind). interestingly, william faulkner co-wrote the screenplay, and it was lauren bacall's first film at age 19 - she's smokin when she first steps into the scene. anyway.
heard a rumor that benecio del toro is making this into a film, and i hope it remains true to the text (unlike the humphrey bogart version which left the original far behind). interestingly, william faulkner co-wrote the screenplay, and it was lauren bacall's first film at age 19 - she's smokin when she first steps into the scene. anyway.