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Hemingway, by Kenneth Lynn (Simon & Schuster, 784 pp„ $24.95)

Hemingway continues to fascinate. My biography appeared in October 1985, and two books on Hemingway’s early life were published soon afterward. Lynn’s book has no new discoveries, and his thesis that “Hemingway was a conflicted, haunted man who produced from his torment some of the most memorable fiction of the century” is quite familiar. But Lynn does offer interesting interpretations of certain aspects of Hemingway’s life and reveals new meanings in his work.

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Jeffrey Meyers

Mr. Meyers is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of John Huston: Courage and Art.

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Hemingway, by Kenneth Lynn (Simon & Schuster, 784 pp„ $24.95)

Hemingway continues to fascinate. My biography appeared in October 1985, and two books on Hemingway’s early life were published soon afterward. Lynn’s book has no new discoveries, and his thesis that “Hemingway was a conflicted, haunted man who produced from his torment some of the most memorable fiction of the century” is quite familiar. But Lynn does offer interesting interpretations of certain aspects of Hemingway’s life and reveals new meanings in his work.