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Adios Hemingway |  | Author: Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Creator: John King
Publisher: Canongate U.S.
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 466005
Media: Paperback
Edition: Tra
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 184195795X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781841957951
ASIN: 184195795X
Publication Date: March 15, 2006
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Padura Fuentes — one of Cuba's best-known and most widely acclaimed writers — has written a first-rate detective story set against the backdrop of Hemingway's Cuba. Part fascinating examination of Hemingway the man in his trying final years and part nifty postmodern procedural, Adios Hemingway will engross Hemingway fans while keeping them in suspense until the final pages.
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 A delightful surprise! August 19, 2009
W. Wedenoja (Springfield, MO)
I had no expectations for this book. I was taking a chance, having an interest in Cuba and mysteries. The book is very engaging; it grabbed me from the first page, and my interest and appreciation increased with every page. Now I am anxious to read more by Padura Fuentes. It is a good story, very well told. Padura Fuentes is an exceptionally talented writer, and the English translation, in my view, is excellent. Contrary to other reviews, I don't think you have to be a Hemingway fan to appreciate this; I'm not. But I did learn a lot that was interesting about Hemingway. Both he and Conde, the fictional detective at the heart of this story, are complicated characters, with lots of faults but some admirable qualities.
Great feel contemporary and historic Cuba December 17, 2008
Claudja B. Mcdonnell (Bethel, NY)
There's no hiding Padura's actual affection for Hemingway. This is a work in which one terrific writer pays his respects to another. As a work of historical fiction it becomes clear that every scene, every word Padura presents us with is absolutely plausible. Padura really nails in in describing both the trajectory of Papa's life and relationships as well as the evolving relationship between the U.S. government and Cuba. On a visit there in the early eighties I found a widespread, genuine respect for the literature of Hemingway (as well as many others). If the U.S. ever honors our right to go there I recommend checking out the Hemingway public library as well as Hemingway's preserved and well maintained finca (farm). This book will fuel your desire for a road trip south...to Habana!
Adios Hemingway June 29, 2008
Patricia A. Behrend (San Francisco, Ca. USA)
I haven
't read the book yet but the quality of the book and the delivery of it was superb.
 For Hemingway aficionados only November 24, 2006
Graham Ward (Woods Hole, MA, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This mystery novel by a popular Cuban writer involves a dead body discovered on Hemingway's property (Finca Vigia) in Cuba. The hero, a retired police inspector, had once been a Hemingway fan but has become disillusioned about the famous writer for various reasons. The novel proceeds somewhat ploddingly as the inspector has to be persuaded to take the case; he then wanders around visting his old "colorful' friends and finally makes it to the Villa itself (now a museum. The novel takes place in the present. The body, recently exhumed, has been in the ground many years. Hemingway himself is presented in flashbacks). Even though he has been dead these many years, Hemingway becomes a suspect in the killing. The novel wanders to an end and features an amusing take on Ava Gardner's "knickers."
It's hard to tell if the novel is well written because the translation is execrable. One sample: "He went to the bathroom adjoining his bedroom and opened his flies." I gave it three stars because I am a Hemingway fan and the passages describing the great writer's last days in Cuba, his health problems , his relations with the natives were of interest.
Clever and enjoyable for those who appreciate Papa May 30, 2006
John E. Drury (Washington, DC United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Cuban atmospherics and the Hemingwayesque mixture of facts and myths make for a quick uncomplicated mystery. Who would not want to know how Ava Gardner's black panties found their way into this tale? Or, would you not want to entertain a reason
why Papa hurriedly left the island to find his way to suicide in Ketchum, Idaho? Read it as fiction, enjoy it and let your mind wander to the possibilities.
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