Killing Castro, Lawrence Block
Killing Castro, Lawrence Block
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Killing Castro

Author: Lawrence Block

Narrator: Henry Leyva

Unabridged: 4 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2009

Synopsis

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.

About Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is the recipient of a Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and a New York Times bestselling author. His prolific career spans over one hundred books, including four bestselling series and dozens of short stories and articles. He has won multiple Edgar, and Shamus awards, two Falcon Awards from the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan, the Nero and Philip Marlowe Awards, the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of America, and many others. Aside from being a mystery writer, he has also written a number of episodes for television, including two episodes of the ESPN series Tilt; he also cowrote the screenplay for the film My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones. Block currently lives in New York City with his wife, Lynne.

About Henry Leyva

Henry Leyva, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, is a classically trained actor with extensive work in theater, television, film, and radio. He has appeared off Broadway and in regional theaters across the country in many plays, including Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, and Street Car Named Desire. He has also performed in audio dramas for the Syfy Channel and National Public Radio

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on November 26, 2016

*gasp* Lawrence Block called it in 1961! I'm assuming that this was thrown together as a dime-store novel in '61 to capitalize on Castro and Cuba paranoia, but Block's talent gave it some real depth. It's like a snapshot of the country's mood of that time between the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on February 01, 2018

In early 1961 Lawrence Block was approached by a paperback house to write a book about a group of American’s who set out to assassinate Castro. The rationale was a simple one: the editor behind the request believed that an assassination attempt could just succeed in the near future and he wanted a b......more

Goodreads review by Greg on October 29, 2011

Dig. Some geeks are offered a twenty thousand to kill the Beard. No Tiger Kab. No Hair. No Hoover. No Company or the Mob. No Vampire. Five geeks. Twenty each for killed the Beard. Sigh. No matter how much I try I can't make this book into a lost chapter of American Tabloid, but there was always that......more

Quotes

“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.” Stephen King

“One of the very best writers now working the beat.” The Wall Street Journal

“Unfailingly entertaining.” New York Times, praise for the author

“Intense, taut thriller, just as good now as it was in 1961.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Enhanced by Henry Leyva with some perspective you couldn’t get from a reprint…He makes this short thriller a pleasure to listen to.”  AudioFile

“As always with Block, a fine feel for character…an entertaining thriller.” Booklist

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