[what's up]

He should have just kept out of it; but then, he was a writer.

Yeah, a writer who wanted to be a KGB agent.

Not all writers go as far as that.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

He never gave them any secrets; therefore, they dropped him. He never had any “inside” information.

I would like to know our side of the story.

[Richard Kimball]

Hemingway was mentally unbalanced and drank heavily. As another noted, he was likely attempting to self-medicate. Many of his adventures seem to combine a Walter Mitty imagination and an almost suicidal level of risk taking. Considering the manner of his death, I think he probably was attempting suicide with his fascination with war, bull fighting, safaris, etc.

I've known some guys like him; much of what they do with their lives is playing. He's playing war, playing bullfighter, and was playing spy. Guys like this can do real damage, but they're just playing.