Books: HEMINGWAY IS BITTER ABOUT NOBODY--BUT HIS COLONEL IS

Last year, in a rare revelation of his writing plans, Ernest Hemingway let it be known that he was writing a short novel: Across the River and into the Trees (see above). He was sidetracking work on a much longer novel to do so; the idea had come to him while recovering from serious illness. U.S. book circles were fascinated. As the story had it, Hemingway wanted to get some things down on paper that he had never managed to say before; Across the River was going to be the Hemingway credo in a...

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