[Lurker]

So he was not only an awful writer and a slobbering drunk, but a sadist, too.

[SaintDismas]

I did not know this. I have no respect for him now whatsoever, even dead. good wordsmith or not. Sure hope he repented but then oh yeah he died by his own hand indicating deep despair - now his suicide makes more sense. Wow

[elcid1970]

How a famous person treats those nearest to him or her DOES influence the moral quality of their intellectual output.

But when Hemingway decided his time on this Earth was over, he got it done with both barrels.

[Fantasywriter]

‘So he was not only an awful writer and a slobbering drunk, but a sadist, too.’

+1

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“So he was not only an awful writer and a slobbering drunk, but a sadist, too.”

And, reportedly, committed suicide when he realized his own homosexuality.