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A review by kevin_shepherd
Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway
4.0
"Being against evil doesn't make you good ...when you start taking pleasure in it you are awfully close to the thing you're fighting"
A manly story about a very manly man, doing the things manly men do: hunting, fishing, fist fighting, a few quick trips to the local brothel, then off to capture nazi u-boat survivors. This novel just oozes with testosterone, yet Hemingway still conveys a sense of warmth and vulnerability. His protagonist is a loving father, a kind-hearted exhusband, who is fanatically devoted to his cats.
He had me at 'fanatically devoted to his cats'
A manly story about a very manly man, doing the things manly men do: hunting, fishing, fist fighting, a few quick trips to the local brothel, then off to capture nazi u-boat survivors. This novel just oozes with testosterone, yet Hemingway still conveys a sense of warmth and vulnerability. His protagonist is a loving father, a kind-hearted exhusband, who is fanatically devoted to his cats.
He had me at 'fanatically devoted to his cats'