Adios Hemingway (Paperback)

from Hagelstein

Former Havana police inspector Mario Conde is persuaded to assist in the investigation when a body is found buried on the property of Finca Vigia, Ernest Hemingway's former home. Conde searches for the truth about what kind of person Hemingway was while he tries to identify the victim and establi...

from mldavis2

This is an interesting semi-fictional mystery novel that uses a fictional plot while exploring the last years of Ernest Hemingway's life. Using an alternating time frame, a modern ex-detective and writer examines the character of the great writer and attempts to reveal why he committed suicide. W...

from kerns222

Padura struggles with his feelings toward Hemingway as he writes a mystery with his conscience-in-chief, ex-cop detective Conde, struggling with his feelings about Mr. H. A good back and forth (the book alternates between the past with H doing his Papa and Conde doing his detecting (and wearing A...

from keywestnan

If you're going to read one of Leonardo Padura's Mario Conde novels in English, read this one - the translation is so much better. The story is told half in flashbacks to Ernest Hemingway's final days at the Finca Vigia - and living in a place that celebrates the iconic Hemingway to a sometimes o...

from Cecilturtle

This book is definitely a neat twist on the classical murder mystery. The inner turmoil of the main character and his love-hate relationship with Hemingway provides a great opportunity to cast Hemingway in a new light. The dark tones, the heat, the delving into a past long gone give the story a n...