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A former CIA official and curator of the CIA Museum unveils the shocking untold report of Nobel Prize-winning publisher Ernest Hemingway's top secret life as a spy for both Americans and the Soviets before and during World Conflict II. While he was the curator of the CIA Museum, Nicholas Reynolds, a longtime military services intelligence expert, commenced to discover tantalizing hints that suggested Ernest Hemingway's involvement in the next World Conflict was much more complex and dangerous than has been recently understood. Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy brings to light for the very first time this riveting top secret aspect of Hemingway's life - when he proved helpful closely with both American OSS, a precursor to the CIA, and the Soviet NKVD, the USSR's forerunner to the KGB, to beat Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Reynolds digs deep into Hemingway's involvement in World Conflict II, from his recruitment by both Americans and the Soviets - who valued Hemingway for his journalistic skills and access to sources - through his key role in increasing tactical intellect for the Allies through the liberation of Paris to his later concerns about communist ideology and his undercover work in Cuba. As he examines the links between his work as a spy so when an publisher, Reynolds reveals how Hemingway's wartime experiences shook his trust in literature and contributed to the writer's block that plagued him for much of the final 2 decades of his life. Reynolds also illuminates how those same experiences also educated one of Hemingway's biggest works - The Old Man and the Sea, the ultimate novel published during his lifetime. A unique family portrait as fast paced and exciting as the best espionage thrillers, Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy illuminates a concealed side of an revered artist and is also a thrilling addition to the history of World Conflict II.
