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Havana (novel)
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Havana is a novel by author
Stephen Hunter
. The third novel in the Earl Swagger series, it was released by Simon & Schuster
in 2003, and takes place in Cuba
during the emergence of Fidel Castro
.
Earl Swagger ends up being recruited as a personal bodyguard for an Arkansas politician who is visiting Havana, Cuba. Earl is met by Frenchy Short who is now a CIA intelligence officer in Cuba and is coerced into an a black bag operation to take out Fidel Castro. Along comes an unnamed former inmate from the Gulag (who is possibly the sniper T. Solaratov in the novel Time to Hunt
) to help the young Castro along with wisdom and encouragement for the Communist interests.
After the historical attack on the military barracks in the failed attempt by Castro to take over the country, Earl is put on the trail. Earl tracks and finds his target only to abandon the mission due to the shady nature of his former subordinate. Left to fend for himself in a country that no longer tolerates Americans, Earl must evade and survive to return home to his wife June and son Bob Lee.
Earl is given a safe haven from a Havana prostitute who's life he saved. The Gulag inmate appears again to offer Earl transportation back to Florida. But when Earl realizes that the prostitutes life is in danger he must return to Havana for a final showdown.
While Earl has been away, Bob Lee has been at home spending days at a time refining his marksmanship ability, thinking his father's absence is due to him unable to shoot a deer at the opening of the story. Bob Lee encounters his father walking along the road on his way back home from his daily target practice, and eager to tell him all about his new found ability to shoot.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter is an American novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic.-Life and career:Stephen Hunter was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. His father was Charles Francis Hunter, a Northwestern University speech professor who was killed in 1975....
. The third novel in the Earl Swagger series, it was released by Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
in 2003, and takes place in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
during the emergence of Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
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Earl Swagger ends up being recruited as a personal bodyguard for an Arkansas politician who is visiting Havana, Cuba. Earl is met by Frenchy Short who is now a CIA intelligence officer in Cuba and is coerced into an a black bag operation to take out Fidel Castro. Along comes an unnamed former inmate from the Gulag (who is possibly the sniper T. Solaratov in the novel Time to Hunt
Time to Hunt
Time to Hunt is a 1999 thriller novel, and the third in the Bob Lee Swagger series by Stephen Hunter. In narrative sequence it is preceded by Point of Impact and Black Light.-Plot summary:...
) to help the young Castro along with wisdom and encouragement for the Communist interests.
After the historical attack on the military barracks in the failed attempt by Castro to take over the country, Earl is put on the trail. Earl tracks and finds his target only to abandon the mission due to the shady nature of his former subordinate. Left to fend for himself in a country that no longer tolerates Americans, Earl must evade and survive to return home to his wife June and son Bob Lee.
Earl is given a safe haven from a Havana prostitute who's life he saved. The Gulag inmate appears again to offer Earl transportation back to Florida. But when Earl realizes that the prostitutes life is in danger he must return to Havana for a final showdown.
While Earl has been away, Bob Lee has been at home spending days at a time refining his marksmanship ability, thinking his father's absence is due to him unable to shoot a deer at the opening of the story. Bob Lee encounters his father walking along the road on his way back home from his daily target practice, and eager to tell him all about his new found ability to shoot.