The Eclectic Collateral Hemingwayesque
Explore a curated literary list of eclectic, Hemingwayesque fiction—including Dan Simmons' *The Crook Factory*, Joe Haldeman's *The Hemingway Hoax*, and *Islands in the Stream*—for readers who crave bold, adventurous storytelling with a literary twist.
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The Crook Factory
by Dan Simmons
In 1942, FBI agent Joe Lucas journeys to Cuba to keep an eye on Ernest Hemingway, who, along with a motley assortment of characters, has taken on the self-appointed role of spy.
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The Hemingway Hoax
by Joe W. Haldeman
Devotees of SF and literary mystery will enjoy this fast-paced, well-thought-out adventure that takes a college professor / Hemingway scholar on an eerie journey to coexisting universes. The characters reenact their lives in each slightly different, slightly worse universe. In a Key West bar, Baird is conned into writing a story in Hemingway's 1920s style, which could be passed off as one of the contents of the famous valise left on a train by Hemingway's then-wife Hadley. Returning to Key West from the Hemingway Collection at the Kennedy Library, Baird suddenly finds Ernest Hemingway sitting opposite him in the train compartment. This is, however, a nonhuman who can take on any form, and who has come to warn Baird not to finish the Hemingway pastiche. In a lively, philosophical conversation, the temporal policeman explains that if Baird continues in his plan he will be killed. As each attempt to murder him fails, Baird finds himself in a slightly altered universe--and in one of these supernatural worlds, Baird evolves into Hemingway himself.
