Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy. Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961,

[Hemingway, Ernest] Reynolds, Nicholas.

Published by William Morrow, 2017

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A Near Fine copy with previous owner name on flyleaf in a Near Fine, clipped dust jacket. Nicholas Reynolds has written for the first time the whole story of this hidden side of Hemingway's life: his troubling recruitment by Soviet spies to work with the NKVD, the forerunner to the KGB, followed in short order by a complex set of secret relationships with American agencies, including the FBI, the Department of State, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to the CIA. The author examines the links between Hemingway's work as an operative and as an author, Reynolds reveals how Hemingway's secret adventures influenced his literary output and contributed to the writer's block and mental decline (including paranoia) that plagued him during the postwar years -- a period marked by the Red Scare and McCarthy hearings, which destroyed the life of anyone with Soviet connections. Reynolds also illuminates how those same experiences played a role in some of Hemingway's greatest works, including For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea, while also adding to the burden that he carried at the end of his life and perhaps contributing to his suicide. Seller Inventory # 28057

Bibliographic Details

Title: Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy. Ernest ...

Publisher: William Morrow

Publication Date: 2017

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition