The Breaking Point: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and the Murder of Jose Robles
Stephen Koch
Counterpoint Press / 308 pages / $15.95
Koch proposes that the Spanish Civil War was a crucible for Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos, both in terms of their friendship and their literary fortunes. "It is a story steeped in intrigue, duplicity and nefarious figures, all told with a cynicism well matched to the age," we said in our review.
