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The Crook FactoryIt's the summer of 1942, and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of the Director to keep an eye on Ernest Hemingway in the Caribbean. Lucas thinks of it as a demotion a babysitting job for a famous writer who has decided to play spy, assembling a team of misfits including an American millionaire, a twelve year old Cuban orphan, a Spanish jai alai champion and more in a would be espionage ring Hemingway dubs the "Crook Factory." But when
It's the summer of 1942, and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of the Director to keep an eye on Ernest Hemingway in the Caribbean. Lucas thinks of it as a demotion-a babysitting job for a famous writer who has decided to play spy, assembling a team of misfits including an American millionaire, a twelve-year-old Cuban orphan, a Spanish jai alai champion and more in a would-be espionage ring Hemingway dubs the "Crook Factory." But when Hemingway uncovers a critical piece of intelligence that both threatens his life and endangers the political landscape, the fate of the free world and the life of one of its most preeminent writers lies in the hands of the FBI's most ruthless agent.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Published: 02/05/2013
ISBN: 9780316213455
Pages: 534
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.35w x 1.47d
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★★★★★ 4
No big surprises but it'll put you through the gamut.
Format: Kindle
What a weirdly heartfelt, grotesquery of a tale. I haven't had a horror novel drag me through this much emotional goo in ages. Hating characters. Suddenly pitying them. The schadenfraude of watching parts of the story unfold. And all the while just loathing the puppets... I've always had mixed feelings about them (if it weren't for the saintly Mr. Roger's Neighborhood I'm certain it'd be pure hatred).
If you like your horror with gore and chaos and a healthy dose of w-tee-eff-ery you're sure to find this one right up your alley. It dragged at parts and more than once I was sure it should have reached it's natural conclusion without what felt like there-for-the-lolz filler. All that said it may have been because I had figured out the conclusion and ending very early and every confirming detail made me ready to get there. Still enjoyable because Hendrix wrote it so well but I did find it predictable. Not a favorite but one I'd recommend to comedy horror lovers for sure.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2026
★★★★★ 3
Why is it 400+ pages?
Format: Hardcover
I haven’t disliked a book this much in a very long time. The characters are unlikeable, the puppets are annoying, the child is annoying, and the reason for the family secret (though I understand grief can sometimes make us do weird things) was (for me) unremarkable.
For the first 75% of the book it seems like we’ve been lied to and the book isn’t about ghosts at all, that it's about a creepy little puppet possessed by a poltergeist. But then we learn the house and all the creepy dolls, puppets, and taxidermied animals are, in fact, haunted. I won’t tell you by what/who because that will spoil “the twist”.
What I will tell you is that it is an unremarkable twist is a story that is too long.
The only real enjoyment I got out of this book was when I read the last page.
So, why have I given it 3 stars? Because it isn’t a bad book. It just isn’t for me. I wanted a clear ghost story that didn’t involve creepy puppets and uncompelling characters. Instead, I got Pupkin and Louise and Mark. In fairness, though, Mark actually develops over the course of the story.
If you don’t mind annoying puppets seemingly possessed by a poltergeist (wink, wink), an MC who continues to deny what’s happening until denial is no longer an option (yes, I know that was the point of that section), family secrets that make no sense, and character conflict that could be easily resolved by just talking to one another, then you’ll probably enjoy this book.
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★★★★★ 5
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