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Article: Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon: The Complete Annotations.(Ernest Hemingway)(Book Review)
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- The Hemingway Review
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- September 22, 2002
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Ernest Hemingway Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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By Miriam Mandel. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2002. 647 pp. $95.00
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Perhaps only a book reviewer or a dedicated taurino would read Hemingway's ...