Hunting with Hemingway: Based on the Stories of Leicester Hemingway

Hunting with Hemingway: Based on the Stories of Leicester Hemingway. Hilary Hemingway and Jeffry P. Lindsay. New York: Riverhead Books, 2000.

On the surface, Hunting with Hemingway is a collection of Leicester "Baron" Hemingway's adventures with his famous older brother. If these tales possess even a seed of truth, it is astounding that Ernest and Les survived these exploits. On a deeper level, this book tells the story of Hilary Hemingway coming to terms with the death of her father, who, like his brother Ernest, committed suicide.

Upon the death of her mother in 1997, Hilary Hemingway was given a cassette tape of informal interviews conducted by an overeager English professor identified only as "Leech." Leech is attempting to persuade Les Hemingway to...