The Cuban affair : a novel
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- ISBN: 9781508238263
- ISBN: 150823826X
- ISBN: 9781508238256
- ISBN: 1508238251
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1 online resource (1 sound file) : digital - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2017.
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General Note: | Electronic audio file. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Scott Brick. |
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Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Electronic audio books. Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. Audiobooks. Fiction. Suspense fiction. |
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- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2017 December
Nelson DeMille has mastered nutrition-free fiction, and this title is another audio confection to enjoy while your mind is partly otherwise-occupied. Narrator Scott Brick is a great choice for this audiobook--the wise-guy edge to his voice matches the attitude of Mac, the main protagonist. The second protagonist is Sara, and, of course, she's beautiful, and, of course, she and Mac get together, and, of course, there's danger and a bit of sex. As Mac and Sara try to spirit 60 million dollars out of Cuba in Mac's boat, it's not particularly believable--but so what? The portrayal of Cuba is largely negative and simplistic, but the book, overall, is a harmless diversion. G.S.D. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews - Audio And Video Online Reviews 1991-2018
A veteran who served in Afghanistan, Mac now operates a charter fishing boat out of Key West, Florida, with his first mate, Jack, a Vietnam vet. When approached with a scheme to retrieve millions of dollars hidden in Cuba, Mac is initially reluctant. Tempted by the enormous fee he is promised, and intrigued with Sara, an attractive woman who will work with him, he agrees, and they enter Cuba with an educational tour group. Not until the final two discs of this audio does the plot kick into high gear, with plenty of action and adventure. Popular and award-winning narrator Brick has been the longtime reader of DeMille's thrillers. He captures Mac and Jack's banter and brings to life the harrowing and high-powered action packed into the final chapters, highlighting the extreme urgency of the team's efforts to leave Cuba. As a bonus, Brick and DeMille interview each other following the conclusion of the audiobook. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2017 October #5
DeMille's new hard-bitten hero, Daniel "Mac" McCormick, narrates this breathless adventure set in 2015, when Mac was crippled by debt and working as the captain of a Key West deep-sea fishing charter boat. An ex-Army man with medals and scars from two tours in Afghanistan, Mac is tough, cynical, smart, and suffering from malaise, an attitude mix that reader Brick smoothly conveys from the start. Mac lets Miami lawyer Carlos Macia talk him into participating in a complicated plan to smuggle millions of dollars out of Cuba, with the promise of a hefty paycheck at the end. The caper is chancy, and adding to its potential perils is his smuggling companion, Sara Ortega, a mysterious beauty who may have a secret agenda. In presenting the plot's set-up, reader Brick takes time to establish Mac's hard-boiled outlook; his fondness for his cantankerous septuagenarian first mate, Jack Colby; and his increasing skepticism about the caper, especially Sara's participation. Once their plane touches down in Havana and the plan immediately begins to unravel, Mac displays his Army-nurtured aptitude for improvisation and author and reader together establish the kind of feverish, nonstop action one expects from a world-class thriller.
Copyright 2017 Publishers Weekly.A Simon & Schuster hardcover. (Sept.)