Papa Hemingway : A Personal Memoir (Paperback)

from ValerieAndBooks

A.E. Hotchner was a good friend of Ernest "Papa" Hemingway from 1948 until Hemingway's sad decline and death in 1961. An interesting account focused on their friendship, convesations, and occasional reminiscing by Hemingway. I got the feeling Hemingway had mellowed somewhat in his later years, bu...

from fuzzy_patters

This is a personal memoir by Hotchner, who was a close friend of Hemingway's throughout the last 14 years of his life. Many of the stories told here are not surprising. Most who are familiar with Hemingway and his work will not be surprised to learn that he liked to fish, drink, make love, and go...

from knightlight777

A memoir of A.E. Hotchner a journalist who spent years with Hemingway in his later years as a friend and confidant. The book is insightful in getting a feel for the twilight of Hemingway's life and the struggles he encountered at the end. It was curious to me that Hotchner was taken in to Hemingw...