A review by jhale42
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

4.0

This book is widely considered Hemingway’s worst book. While I do not agree with that, I also believe that it’s not his best work. Having said that, this book tells a good story about a man named Harry Morgan, who begins to run contraband after falling on hard times. The story is much deeper than that however and in classic Hemingway style, he shows his mastery in the indirect exposition of a character. As this story goes on it switches from first-person to third-person and then to different characters all together. This is not Hemingway’s best work, but it is sandwiched between two of the greatest books ever written and it does well enough in telling a thrilling and sad story.