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Though he’s known best for his love of
writing, wives, and world traveling—and yes, fine, the booze—Ernest
Hemingway was so much more: a failed KGB spy, a self-proclaimed
“liberator” of the Paris Ritz after the Nazi occupation, a stubborn
author (he once responded to an editorial note from F. Scott Fitzgerald
with three words: “Kiss my ass”), a plane crash survivor (it’s true—–the
whole world thought he was dead!), and a brilliant, troubled man whose
demons drove and eventually destroyed him. As Off the Shelf’s resident
Lost-Generation specialist, it’s my duty to celebrate this, Papa’s 118th
birthday (which I affectionately call “Heming-day”—trademark!) with a
list of essential reading for any fan of this American icon.
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