Secret Agent Ernest Hemingway

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Later this year, literary types will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ernest Hemingway. But The Smoking Gun can't wait until July 21 to salute Papa's centennial, so here are three of our favorite FBI memos regarding the late novelist. The 1942-43 reports, all sent to J. Edgar Hoover, describe Hemingway's clandestine work in Cuba as an undercover informant for U.S. Embassy officials. (9 pages)

Secret Agent Ernest Hemingway