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Killing Castro by Lawrence Block

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Killing Castro

Author
Lawrence Block
Narrator
Henry Leyva
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publish Date
1 January 2009
Run Time
4 hours 44 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
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What to expect

There were five of them, each prepared to kill, each with his own reasons for accepting what might well be a suicide mission. The pay? $20,000 apiece. The mission? Find a way into Cuba and kill Castro. This breathtaking thriller, originally published the year before the Cuban Missile Crisis under a pen name Lawrence Block never used before or since, is the rarest of Block's books—and still a work of chilling relevance all these years later, with Castro and Cuba once again commanding headlines.

Critics Review

  • “There is only one writer of mystery and detective fiction who comes close to replacing the irreplaceable John D. MacDonald…The writer is Lawrence Block.”

    Stephen King

  • “One of the very best writers now working the beat.”

    The Wall Street Journal

  • “Unfailingly entertaining.”

    New York Times, praise for the author

  • “Intense, taut thriller, just as good now as it was in 1961.”

    Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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  • “Enhanced by Henry Leyva with some perspective you couldn’t get from a reprint…He makes this short thriller a pleasure to listen to.” 

    AudioFile

  • “As always with Block, a fine feel for character…an entertaining thriller.”

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Details
Author
Lawrence Block
Narrator
Henry Leyva
Duration
4 hours 44 minutes
Release Date
1 January 2009
ISBN
9781602836013
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Genre
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction

Synopsis

There were five of them, each prepared to kill, each with his own reasons for accepting what might well be a suicide mission. The pay? $20,000 apiece. The mission? Find a way into Cuba and kill Castro. This breathtaking thriller, originally published the year before the Cuban Missile Crisis under a pen name Lawrence Block never used before or since, is the rarest of Block's books—and still a work of chilling relevance all these years later, with Castro and Cuba once again commanding headlines.

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