“… weakening with the wound through his lungs that brought a thin foamy red to his mouth each time he breathed. His flanks were wet and hot and flies were on the little openings the solid bullets had made in his tawny hide, and his big yellow eyes, narrowed with hate, looked straight ahead, only blinking when the pain came as he breathed, and his claws dug in the soft baked earth. All of him, pain, sickness, hatred and all of his remaining strength, was tightening into an absolute concentration for a rush. He could hear the men talking and he waited, gathering all of himself into this preparation for a charge as soon as the men would come into the grass. As he heard their voices his tail stiffened to twitch up and down, and, as they came into the edge of the grass, he made a coughing grunt and charged.”

Francis Macomber turned and ran, causing Wilson to feel more respect for the lion than for Macomber. Margaret began to loathe her husband even more and immediately targets Wilson as her next paramour.

The following day during an encounter with a charging buffalo Francis finds his courage. He is a changed man. Hemingway now moves to the bloody surprise ending, revealing clues about Margaret’s state of mind, but leaving ambiguity so as to cause doubt about the nature of the ‘accident’.

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber is a fun and thrilling read that reminds me of what a great talent Ernest Hemingway possessed.

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Today the news media covered the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.It reminded me of Ernest Hemingway’s famous novel, The Sun Also Rises. This is the novel that introduced a generation of Americans to the running of the bulls. The story is built around an ensemble of English and American expatriates living in Paris.

Soon the group is traveling to Spain. They end up in Pamplona. Along the way there is drinking and crisp witty dialogue and drinking and fishing and drinking and bulls running through the streets and drinking and bull fights and more drinking.

This story is full of humor — from the first paragraph where a certain boxer gets his nose flattened. Jake, the main character, remarks that it improved his appearance.

The story moves quickly and produces various moods for the reader; from melancholy to joy. I highly recommend The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

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