Amazing book. A wonderful gem, albeit a little unpolished. The narrator is probably the best i ever listened to.

Intriguing, not Hemingway's best. Middle part could have been skipped. Makes you wonder what he was thinking at his death.

This is now my favorite Hemingway book. You feel like you are right there with the characters! A must!

I made it through the first story (novella) in this trilogy, and really liked it. Then I got to the second one, and had to give up. Never could figure out where Hemingway was going with this. The editors probably should've stopped with the first one, and either published the other ones separately, or just left them in the vault. However, the narrator does a wonderful job of acting out all the voices and the scenes.

Hemingway was a brilliant and articulate author. His stories, even this one published after his death, are entrancing. However, the story line in this book jumps around a bit and was probably not ready for publication, in Hemingway's opinion. The continuous decussions of drinking seemed to me to show Hemingway's terrible alcoholism at the end of his life.

Normally I am skeptical about reading posthumous works of an author. Normally there is a reason the author did not publish the work in his lifetime. However I found this book very entertaining. I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed For Whom the Bell Tolls which is my favorite Hemingway novel.

This is a wonderful example of an old-fashioned classic that highlights today how scattered and unfocused modern books can be. There are only three major scenes and a handful of memorable characters and they are described so intensely and delightfully, you really feel like you were there and saw what happened. Be ready to laugh and cry when you read this book.

I totally love this story. Hemingway makes all the characters come alive. Unfortunately, the publisher messed up in the 'printing' of the discs. There is a significant loss of time and story line between disc 5 and 6. It's very disappointing to have missing chapters in a book and this is even more annoying since you have no idea how much is missing. The main character, Thomas Hudson, is a veiled version of Hemingway - even down to the love of cats. The narrator is well versed in different accents which helps bring the story to life. Beware while driving: there are tear jerker moments that will make you at least well up.