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John Isaac Jones’s new biographical novel on Ernest Hemingway brings the turbulent world of America’s most famous twentieth-century author to life in vivid, captivating detail.
His time – 1900-1960s America – Spanish-American War; Model T invented; Teddy Roosevelt years; Wright Brothers’ first flight; World War I; Galveston hurricane leaves 6,500 dead; the flamboyant, roaring twenties The Great Depression; Roosevelt’s New Deal; World War II and Pearl Harbor; invention of the atomic bomb; World War II ends; Kennedy assassination.
His loves – From the day he was born, women swarmed around him like flies to honey. Known as the resident Casanova in high school, he went to have countless mistresses, a total of four wives and a secret love affair with Ava Gardner. During his later years, devoted fourth wife Mary Welsh Hemingway served as his personal caretaker and literary executor.
His genius – War correspondent, poet, screenwriter, sportsman, novelist and short story writer who penned the classics A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls and the immortal The Old Man and the Sea. Winner of both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, his sparse, direct “iceberg theory” writing style created a sensation on the literary world in the twenties and thirties.
Inside this powerful work of literary historical fiction, readers will find:
- A vivid portrait of Hemingway’s childhood, family tensions, and early identity struggles
- A dramatic journey through war, journalism, Paris, fame, marriage, divorce, and creative triumph
- A human look at the emotional forces behind some of Hemingway’s most enduring works
- A compelling read for fans of American literary lives and 20th-century historical fiction
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