Koch, Stephen

The breaking point : Hemingway, Dos Passos, and the murder of José Robles / Stephen Koch - New York : Counterpoint , c2005. - xi, 308 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-308) and index.

When John Dos Passos walked into Ernest Hemingway's room in the Florida Hotel in Madrid, the air was thick with tension. Hemingway was fuming; Dos Passos was caught off guard. They were there to witness the Spanish Civil War firsthand, but something more personal was going on: as Spain was unraveling thread by thread, so was their friendship.

9781582432809

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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961---Homes and haunts---Spain
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970---Homes and haunts---Spain
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961---Friends and associates
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970---Friends and associates
Robles Pazos, Jose---Friends and associates
Robles Pazos, Jose---Death and burial


Authors, American----20th century -- Biography
Americans---History---Spain---20th century
Murder---History---Spain---20th century


Spain---History---Civil war, 1936-1939

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