Book 22 - Ernest Hemingway "The Old man And The Sea"

Ernest Hemingway "The Old Man And The Sea" (Vintage)

This is one of the shortest books i have read at just under 99 pages and hence took just a day to read it. A charity found item from one of my visits.

Santiago is an old fisherman in Cuba. He just had a streak of bad luck and hasn’t caught anything for almost three months. His young protegé and friend Manolin does everything he can to help but the old man doesn’t like to depend on him. So off he goes again and that morning, a huge fish takes his bait. But it might be that Santiago has gotten more than he bargained for – and that he can handle.


The Old Man and the Sea is a lonely tale about an old fisherman who has befriended a young fishing companion. Their friendship and loyalty to each other is touching. This was my first Hemingway novel and enjoyed it for how the almost destituted life the old man lived. However, i don't think i will be rushing out for more Hemingway books. This is due to what i gather from other readers is his truculence, the hard-guy sentimentality that sometimes gives even his most devoted admirers twinges of discomfort.

My tweets

• Mon, 21:08: OMG cousin Spot has gone to bed early
• Mon, 21:27: Last few pages of next book in the challenge , mind you it was a short one.
• Mon, 21:53: Some nice tunes downloaded from Revolution In The Headphones blog site
• Mon, 22:07: Quaffing http://t.co/amBsTKRD
• Mon, 22:12: As Spot went early to bed time for me to the land of nod
• Tue, 08:52: Book 22 - Ernest Hemingway "The Old man And The Sea" http://t.co/zCFZR3xG
• Tue, 09:40: Down the library at the moment. Apparently, Ali told Spot that there is a job going at Sky, checking Sky in pubs. Yeah right!
• Tue, 09:45: Tis a pity that Sharpie Bongo isn't going to my gig in June.Will have to tell E.S. pub to let her go that night.
• Tue, 09:57: That damn ATM at The Co-op has been out of action over the weekend and now been down since last Thursday! Fucking nuts!
• Tue, 09:58: This will facilitate a trip over to Faversham but will take some books with me to sell.

Listless

I feel a little bit lethargic today after the weekend festivties from Sunday. I would have thought that i would be up and bouncy. Far from it. This dull weather not helping either. Need some sun. Not even a lubricious display from the opposite sex would snap me out of this listless quagmire.

Cousin has gone down again withy another bout of cold , which seem to be a very regular occurance with him. I guess a subdued immune system seems to be at fault.

I am in Faversham as the damn bloody ATM at the Co-op is still up the swanny and been like it since early Thursday. Just sold soime books at Past Sentence, and currently in the library.

Back in Sittingourne agian tomorrow, so that will be a change for the better.