The Hemingway Hoax: A Short Comic Novel of Existential Terror

by Joe Haldeman

Book Overview

Joe Haldeman's new novel is a superconcentrated tour de force; a mind-bending speculation that unpicks the complex tapestry of time--strand by strand--to explore the what if of American literature's greatest mystery.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688090249
• ISBN13: 9780688090241
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

If you like alternate Time-lines...

... You should read this book. John Baird, a Hemmingway scholar in something of a bind, agrees to produce a forgery of a "lost" work of the great master. Since this would radically change his earth's future, a sort of inter-dimensional hitman is dispatched to kill him. Which he does. Sort of. Instead Baird finds himself in another, just so SLIGHTLY different alternate universe, where everything takes a somewhat different turn - Until everything ends in a rather grim, if not unsatisfying ending. You should do yourself the favor of reading it.

Not his best, but worth a read

While _Hoax_ doesn't have the bite and originality that _Forever_War_ does, it is an interesting premise. Haldeman definitely has a way with characters who are hard to love, and there are several in _Hoax_. If you like his other works, particularly his short stories, you will probably find _The_Hemingway_Hoax_ well worth your time.