Everybody Behaves Badly : The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece the Sun Also Rises

from Stbalbach

Everybody Behaves Badly is about Ernest Hemingway and the lead up to the publication of The Sun Also Rises, his first novel and the one that made him famous. I was concerned it would be stuffed with tangential detail as filler, but the story rarely lags (and Blume is a great storyteller). I think...

from Tonstant.Weader

Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story of Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises is a fascinating biography by Lesley M. M. Blume, though it is more the biography of Ernest Hemingway's book than merely a biography of Hemingway. In telling the story of the creation and publication of The Sun ...

from etxgardener

It's the 1920's and Ernest Hemingway has started to cause a stir among the literati who hang our in the salons and cafes on Paris' Left Bank. His stories are getting notice, but what he really needs s a big, juicy novel. Then he goes to Pamplona for the Feria in July with a group of people who in...

from ozzer

In EVERYBODY BEHAVES BADLY, Lesley Blume gives the reader insights into the people who emerged as characters in Hemingway's first novel, THE SUN ALSO RISES. She also expands her horizon to other influential people in the making of Ernest Hemingway. Thus, she documents much behind-the-scenes infor...

from flourgirl49

I'm not a big Hemingway fan, although I found this book to be interesting given what a huge personality and reputation the man had/has. I'm thinking I need to go back and read more of his work.