I really enjoyed the movie (1990) with Anthony Quinn as Santiago. So I Decided It was time to read the book. Well I found the book and the movie paralleled pretty well. How ever I Was getting bored with the book. He Kept going on and on about Joe Dimaggio's bone spur. There Were A Few seats That made me squeamish. One Such place is gutted When He has dolphin and HAD His face stuck in it. The story is too short to go into detail without revealing the surprises; HOWEVER it is about (you guessed it) an old fisherman, that 'shoulds be over the hill, going out to sea to catch fish from Cuba. He Has 84 Days of bad luck and With Any luck is about to change this (or is it?) The reader helps bring the story to life.