All our book discussions are open to anyone interested. Copies of the books discussed are available a month ahead of time - just ask! Light refreshments are served and there is no reservation needed.

 Today's book is "The Hemingway Patrols: Ernest Hemingway and His Hunt for U-Boats" by T.A. Mort.

 From the summer of 1942 until the end of 1943, Ernest Hemingway actively patrolled the waters off Cuba's north shore in his wooden fishing boat, Pilar, looking for German submarines. These patrols became the foundation of some of Hemingway's future works, especially The Old Man and the Sea.

 Karen Long of The Plain Dealer said, "The Hemingway mystique both attracts and repels readers, some scoffing that he was his greatest fictional work. If so, what better evidence for the prosecution than his decision in the summer of 1942 to gather some buddies, arm his fishing boat with automatic weapons and electronic detection equipment, and hunt Nazi submarines in the Caribbean? Read her entire review here.