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Title: Hemingway's worst book by far
Review: This was - by far - Hemingway's worst book. Bad story, bad characters, bad dialog. Why does this 19 year-old countess care at all about this 50 year-old, ugly, divorced, poor, maimed, dying, bitter colonel? And despite 283 pages, all we get is a 2-dimensional cartoon character for the girl that he calls "Daughter." And, worse than the ridiculous story was the inane dialogue."I love you very truly.""I love you very truly, too."..."Don't think of anything. Don't think of anything at all.""I'm not.""Don't think.""Oh please let's not talk.""Is it right?""You know.""You're sure.""Oh please not talk. Please."Over and over again. It's not just that it was late in Hemingway's career (1950). He wrote "Old Man and the Sea" after this. And, written later still, "Dangerous Summer" and, certainly, "Islands in the Stream" were much better works.
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