My favourite book of all time.
Im reading this at the moment, not really 'caught me' yet, though i am only a hundred or so pages in.
I was going to give it up for one of a dozen books i have waiting, but might give it a bit more time now!
No pressure then Nigel.
For me, it Hemingway's use of language as much as the story that makes it. Every single word is perfect and necessary. All killer, no filler. The fact that it's a right Boys Own Adventure romp with guns and horses and sultry Spanish maidens and that helps too mind
This is the problem with reading when you're exhausted at night, you tend to miss subtleties and scan through for any action. Ill start it again me thinks!
Talking about books that are word perfect, Ive just finished 'The Grapes of Wrath'. Its a fantastic book that (quite appart from the excellent story) totally immerses you in the setting and ambience of the era.
Highly recomended for anyone who hasn't read this classic.