redrobinbookreviews

The Young Hemingway   Michael Reynolds
Concentrates far more on Hemingway’s family and antecedents than I needed, but Reynolds does a good job of constructing Hemingway’s early milieu and influences. Makes the case that all Hemingway’s values come out of his early life in Oak Park. My interest began at Chicago as a step toward Paris. There’s plenty about Hadley. Also wanted more about the war, of which there is almost nothing. Only hints at the development of his style. I’m interested in the writing, not the life. Good enough to get me started on Paris.