Harry Morgan tried to make a living lawfully and lost, tried to make a living unlawfully and lost, learned by dying that he could not win as a buccaneer. No one is ever going to knight him in this The principal character in "To Have and Have Not," tough and proud and sure of himself, is called Harry Morgan. For his ruggedness he was knighted by his king.
You remember that a long time ago a buccaneer called Sir Henry Morgan sailed and slew and looted his way through those same Gulf Stream And there is- whether by chance or plan, I don't know-an older analogy. The outlaw is no longer romanticized, the wallowing in luxury is looked at from the other side, the thin gold glamour is gone with "To Have and Have Not" is, in a way, the reverse of Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" medal. The open season for rousing Whither Hemingway? essays is decidedly here again. It seems probable that this new book-stronger than "The Sun Also Rises," not as good as "A Farewell toĪrms"-will do more to renew the uproar than to close the case. TheĬharacters kill one another as freely as though they were directed by statesmen of civilized nations.
There is as much violent action as you will find in a historical novel-and far, far better writing.
He strange case of Ernest Hemingway is reopened this morning with the publication of "To Have and Have Not," his first novel since "Aįarewell to Arms." It is a turbulent, searching story of Key West and Havana in these strange years of grace.
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