Papa Hemingway

Others have criticized Hotchner for not telling the whole truth, for not recounting Hemingway's bullying, braggadocio and boorishness. But Hem was a friend, and The Code dictates you don't stab friends in the back, even dead ones (although Hemingway himself often did, both living and dead friends).......more

A.E. Hotchner started out as a young journalist who was assigned to interview Ernest Hemingway. He didn't want to do it. He felt he was much too unimportant a person to be bothering the great writer. Flying down to Cuba where Hemingway was currently living he sent him a note explaining his situation......more

I actually enjoyed this intriguing memoir. It put more of a human face on Hemingway’s Uber-masculine exterior. And what made this book even more meaningful for me was, I just finished some Hemingway stories that took place around the time this memoir took place. The main thing to remember that this w......more