The First Forty Nine Stories

The First Forty Nine Stories

2017 • 370 pages

Got this mainly for the boxing story “Fifty Grand”, which was excellent. Unfortunately I'm not a fan of the ‘nothing happens' variety of short story that make up 90% of this book. Sure, Hemingway's spare prose might be good, but when it services inconsequential tales filled with faint characters, there's just not much to enjoy.

November 29, 2015Report this review