![]() ![]() ![]() Few write so thrillingly of a prolonged sea battle with a powerful fish or the male camaraderie of war, all lubricated with mind-boggling quantities of alcohol. ![]() Written in three sections in the lead up to and during the war, it follows talented, twice-divorced artist Thomas Hudson through a summer with his three much-loved sons - and the tragic aftermath. It comes perhaps as a surprise that Hemingway's novels are being reissued as he's fallen out of fashion - his spare, muscular, masculine prose feels uncomfortable to modern readers (be warned: there's no Roald Dahl-style clean-up of his racist, sexist language).īut as this, his last and posthumously published novel shows, he can still evoke moments of physical drama and emotional pain. THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE By Douglas Adams, illustrated by Chris Riddell ![]()
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