Cuba Straits
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101888452 :
- ISBN: 1101888458 :
- ISBN: 9781611763881
- ISBN: 1611763886
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Physical Description:
sound recording
sound disc
8 audio discs (570 minutes) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 inch disc - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Audio, p2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from dic label. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by George Guidall. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Ford, Doc (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Marine biologists -- Fiction Crow Indians -- Fiction Florida -- Fiction |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. Audiobooks. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Quesnel Branch | Suspense WHI (Text) | 33923005463090 | Book on Compact Disc | Volume hold | Available | - |
Williams Lake Branch | WHI (Text) | 33923005463108 | Book on Compact Disc | Volume hold | Available | - |
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2015 July
Veteran narrator George Guidall is at the top of his game in this slickly written, slightly kooky crime story, the 22nd in the Doc Ford crime series. Guidall, who has narrated previous Doc Ford thrillers, is an ideal fit, partially because of his dry tone and excellent timing and partially due to his mastery of Spanish inflections. There's a lot going on here as Ford and his simpatico sidekick, Tomlinson, travel from the Gulf Coast to Cuba to fight off ex-KGB agents and Santeria priests. At the same time, they must unravel some historical riddles: Did the Russians know about Lee Harvey Oswald? Where did Hemingway do his fishing? Was Fidel Castro really a crummy ball player? Like the other works in this series, the audiobook is rewarding as much for its plot and pacing as for its Gulf Coast and marine details. R.W.S. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2015 May #4
White's popular series hero, Florida-based marine biologist Marion "Doc" Ford, is drawn into his 22nd adventure by General Juan Rivera, a larcenous "frenemy" who smuggles Cuban baseball players into the U.S. when he isn't wheeling and dealing in valuable artifacts. His latest human import, a dim-witted shortstop named Figueroa Casanova, has gone astray with a briefcase full of love letters penned by Fidel Castro in the 1950s and early '60s. When Doc learns that the briefcase contains not only a young rebel's billet-doux but something more significant, which homicidal Russian KGB agents desperately covet, he's compelled to head to Cuba to find Tomlinson and warn him. Serious danger and slapstick humor await. Reader Guidall's avuncular growl is a perfect fit for Doc, who's beginning to express middle-age musings of self-doubt. The Cubans, notably the general and Figueroa, as well as the Russians, natter in acceptably accented English. And as an added plus, Guidall expresses convincing enthusiasm while delivering White's loving descriptions of Florida's flora and sea fauna, as well as the fascinating bits of local history that give this series its gravitas. A Putnam hardcover. (Mar.)
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