Killing Castro
- Author Lawrence Block
- Narrator Henry Leyva
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 January 2009
- Run Time 4 hours and 44 minutes
- Format Audio
- 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.”
“One of the very best writers now working the beat.”
“Unfailingly entertaining.”
“Intense, taut thriller, just as good now as it nwas in 1961.”
“Enhanced by Henry Leyva with some nperspective you couldn’t get from a reprint…He makes this short thriller a npleasure to listen to.”
n“As always with Block, a fine feel for character…an entertaining thriller.”
| Author | Lawrence Block |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Henry Leyva |
| Duration | 4 hours and 44 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781602836013 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Genre | Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction |
| Availability | US |
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