Ernest Hemingway was and remains one of the most popular American writers in Russia. In the 1960s, a photograph of the bearded “Papa Hem” adorned the walls of many Soviet apartments; free-thinking youth imitated his heroes - courageous, decisive, taciturn. Even then, Hemingway’s personality, both here and in the West, was surrounded by an aura of mystery. What made him tirelessly wander around the world, change countries, homes and wives, hunt, fight, make friends and immediately make them enemies? Was he a great wordsmith, or was his worldwide fame a consequence of self-promotion and a public lifestyle? What forced him, like many of his relatives, to commit suicide - a hereditary illness, everyday failures, or a creative crisis that turned into personality destruction? Writer Maxim Chertanov answers all these questions in the most complete biography of Hemingway to date. This unexpected, sometimes shocking book will reveal to the writer’s fans many unknown details from the life of their idol.