“This is not my favorite Hemingway and, like Upland, I've never been a fan of Steinbeck. If you're going to read only one Hemingway, let it be "For Whom the Bell Tolls". First, you have to strike the images of Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman from your mind, though, for Hollywood horribly miscast the movie. The writing is odd, as if it was a translation, but the tale doesn't get any better and steadily builds to its dramatic conclusion.”
seachase22 wrote this review Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
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