True At First Light: A Fictional Memoir
New York: Scribners, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 319 pp. with character index, Sawhili glossary. Hemingway's last unpublished work, written after he returned from Kenya in 1953. A blend of autobiography and fiction, the book opens on the day the authors' close friend "Pop", a celebrated hunter, leaves Ernest in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack by a hostile tribe. The drama builds as his wife Mary pursues a great black-maned lion that has becomeher obsession. Hemingway's son Patrick, who acoompanied his father on the safari edits and adds an introduction. Fine / fine. Item #E35968
ISBN: 9780684849218
Price: $29.95