Book Review Hemingway In Africa, The Last Safari

This is another edition of the Cosmological Cabbage Book Review. It is "Hemingway in Africa, The Last Safari", by Christopher Ondaatje.

It is the most vapid, narcissistic waste of printer's ink that I have ever come across. It had been marked down from $35 (Canadian) to $7 and even at that, it was a waste of money.

I learned nothing new. The author attempts to "understand" Hemingway's Africa by retracing his safaris.

I am a great Hemingway fan, and I learned nothing new in this book. This book in no way contributed to the body of knowledge of Hemingway. It was a commercial venture that failed. Even the writing is of journeyman quality.

I read it to the last page hoping for something redeeming, and I was sorely disappointed.