scribnerbooks: Hemingway was a lousy spy. A great article in the journal Studies in Intelligence looks at Ernest Hemingway’s surprisngly extensive dabblings in spy work during World War II, which included connections with the State Department, OSS, FBI, and the Soviet NKVD. Not surprisingly, Papa relished the danger and excitement of intelligence work but wasn’t actually very good at it. Here’s his best, and most Hemingwayesque, scheme from his time in Cuba…

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Hemingway was a lousy spy.

A great article in the journal Studies in Intelligence looks at Ernest Hemingway’s surprisngly extensive dabblings in spy work during World War II, which included connections with the State Department, OSS, FBI, and the Soviet NKVD. Not surprisingly, Papa relished the danger and excitement of intelligence work but wasn’t actually very good at it. Here’s his best, and most Hemingwayesque, scheme from his time in Cuba…

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