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From Ch. XVII:
" 'I'm rather drunk,' Mike said. 'I'll stayrather drunk. This is all awfully amusing, but it's not too pleasant.' "
The good: The dialog. Approximately half the novel is told as dialog. The impression is that you are sitting at the next table in the cafe overhearing the dialog.
The bad: the characters are involved solely in drinking, fistfights, fishing (!) and watching bullfights. Yawn.
I'd recommend this one for a narrow group of readers:
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From Ch. XVII:
" 'I'm rather drunk,' Mike said. 'I'll stayrather drunk. This is all awfully amusing, but it's not too pleasant.' "
The good: The dialog. Approximately half the novel is told as dialog. The impression is that you are sitting at the next table in the cafe overhearing the dialog.
The bad: the characters are involved solely in drinking, fistfights, fishing (!) and watching bullfights. Yawn.
I'd recommend this one for a narrow group of readers:
(1) req ...more
New review (2021): maybe what I said in my original review is wrong. That said still enjoyed rereading this again.
Original review (2016): Still the best book of Hemingway's, probably by a wide margin. ...more
Original review (2016): Still the best book of Hemingway's, probably by a wide margin. ...more
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