Leigh reviewed on 5/11/2006 + 378 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

Although entertaining, as Hemingway mentions many famous writers and artists from the Left Bank of Paris during the time (Picasso, Stein & Toklas, Fitzgerald & Zelda, Harry & Caresse Crosby, etc.), one must question how much of this has been fabricated. There are a few places where Hemingway contradicts himself and makes others out to seem co-dependent (Fitzgerald and Stein, in particular). However, given all the drinking and partying going on during the time I've read about from other accounts (Man Ray, Colette, Anais Nin), this is probably as accurate as we're going to get. So, for what it is, it's entertaining and full of debauchery - excactly what you'd expect.

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