A Duel of Bulls

Hemingway and Welles in Love and War

A Duel of Bulls is the untold story of the contentious friendship that existed between Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles, set against the backdrop of Spain, the history of bullfighting, and the Spanish Civil War.

The first meeting between Ernest Hemingwayand Orson Welles ended in thrown punches and exchanged insults. This mostunlikely of pairings would go on to have a tumultuous friendship that wouldlast for the next twenty-five years.

Lyrical and unafraid to tackle thedifficulty of conveying the lives of two legendary self-mythologisers, thisfascinating literary biography explores their intersecting paths, passions andlove for Spain. Brought together by the Spanish Civil War and bound bybullfighting and the high life, Hemingway and Welles found their lives and artintertwining for more than two decades, as their fates gradually began tomirror one another.

Pete Carvill, author of theacclaimed Death of a Boxer, uses extensive research and literaryflourish to bring to life this epic tale of two of the twentieth century's mostformidable figures.

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