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The book follows Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain out of Key West, Florida. To Have and Have Not was Hemingway's second novel set in the United States, after The Torrents of Spring . Written sporadically between 1935 and 1937, and revised as he traveled back and forth from Spain during the Spanish Civil War , the novel portrays Key West and ...
However Pearl K. Bell writing in The New Leader called the book "an impenetrable lemon". "The artful fuzziness so completely overwhelmed the plot that the book was unreadable, all murk and no menace." Bell said that "evasive indirection has been Deighton's trademark since his first spy novel, The IPCRESS File, appeared in 1963. At the time, his ...
Armstrong was twice married. With his first wife, he was the father of one son and two daughters: [6] Thaddeus Gloster Armstrong (1887–1963), who married artist Claire Kathleen Hanway, the younger sister of his stepmother, in 1921. [15] [16] Genevieve Armstrong, who married Watson. [17] Constance Armstrong, who died unmarried. [18]
Although the book and play were successful, the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) would not allow a film to be made during the 1930s: it was a "very sordid story in very sordid surroundings", and in Gow's words "regarded as 'dangerous'". [2] In 1936, the BBFC rejected a proposed film version of Love on the Dole. [6]
Divorce and its aftermath were part of plot throughout the middle of the novel. To get back at Giles, Virginia employs the help of Major Alex Fisher, a long-time enemy of Giles and Harry. He joins the Barrington Shipping company as a member of the Board and tries to bring down the company from the inside using insider stock trading and ...
Destry Rides Again is a 1930 western novel by Max Brand. [1] One of Brand's most famous works, it remained in print 70 years after its first publication. It is the story of Harrison Destry's quest for revenge against the 12 jurors whose personal malice leads them to wrongfully convict him of robbery.
The war in Europe draws to a close, one year earlier than in our timeline as Russia is weakened by uprisings of servicemen and workers (leading to the abdication of Nicholas II as in our timeline, though Russian history diverges within the series after this point), French soldiers rise in mutiny (later leading to the overthrow of the Third ...
At the encouragement of Fire Chief, and the approval of the Medical Examiner, Bosch arranges for the car to be towed away on a flatbed tow truck. The examination of the car and body are completed in an LAPD building. After the name and address of the victim are discovered, Harry and one of his team goes to interview the wife.