Hemingway’s Island is a novel packed with Hemingway lore for both aficionados and general readers. Mary, his fourth wife, writes an article each day of the last week the couple lives in Cuba until driven out by (read the book to find out). Intertwined with her seven day account is that of the second narrator, Alf. Half a century later, this graduate student from Toronto has just landed in Cuba, determined to find Mary’s lost manuscript.