The Crook Factory

His new excursion in fictional literary biography?and first nonfantasy since Phases of Gravity (1989)?is a gutsy speculation on Ernest Hemingway's exploits in wartime espionage, much of it apparently based on fact. No one will mistake the novel's immersions in the numbing, repetitive detail of secret service operations for Papa's own concise prose. The macho figure he cuts here is the stuff of countless Life magazine photos, and his development as Joe's friend and mentor is handled with intelligence and dignity. . Someone is channeling information through the island's intelligence underground, all of it implicating a host of historical celebrities. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. But the web of conspiracy Simmons spins, the zesty characters it entangles and its intricate cross-weave of fact and fiction distinguish this celebration of the Hemingway centenary. It's the perfect milieu for Hemingway, whose larger-than-life evocat

The great writer has assembled a ragtag spy ring that he calls the “Crook Factory” to play a dangerous game of amateur espionage. Edgar Hoover to keep an eye on Hemingway. government to operate a spy ring out of his house in the Cuban countryside. At the height of World War II, the famous writer Ernest Hemingway sought permission from the U.S. But then Lucas and Hemingway, against all the odds, uncover a critical piece of intelligence—and the game turns deadly.In The Crook Factory, award-winning author Dan Simmons expands a little-known fact into a tour de force of gripping historical suspense set in the sensual Cuban landscape of the early 1940s.. This much is true.…It is the summer of ’42 and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of J

"Simmons is a big favorite as are stories by and about Papa" according to Mack&Cheryl. Simmons is a big favorite as are stories by and about Papa. This story is about the time that Hemingway offered his services to hunt down Nazi subs in the Caribbean. Based on truth with the addition of an FBI agent sent to keep an eye on things SS a punishment for some slight against JEH. Consistently well done, very enjoyable.. Hemingway & WWII's Spy Archipelago Robert J. Clancy Papa Hemingway, Cuba, WWII, Nazi agents, submarine hunting, marlin fishing, shooting Thompsons, BAR's, shotguns, .357 Magnums, .38's, .22's, ex-patriate spies, OSS, FBI, Adwehr, SS, MI5, MI6, Ian Fleming, Wild Bill Donovan, J. Edgar ("the tiniest feet of any man I've ever known), Cuban prostitutes with hearts of gold, bartenders, drunken boxing matches, Marines, boxers, jai lai stars, Marlene Dietrich, Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, Winston Guest, large yachts, sadistic Cuban police, secret Caribbean islands…. Hemingway, FBI, Cuba, espionage and more John Warrant This is a well-written thriller based on some mighty shady people, one of whom was J. Edgar Hoover. Then, if you throw in Cuba, Hemingway, some Nazis, spies, drinking, womanizing, espionage, and a fine writer, you have this book. Although it's technically fiction, it reads like the true history it is based on. If you like this kind of stuff, I think you'll enjoy this book.