As my first outing with Hemingway, this book didn't leave the best impression with me. Set in one day at the end of World War II, this book is about a 50 year old American Colonel with a 19 year old Italian countess. If you read Lolita, then you can understand how uncomfortable he writing/situation can be at times... Now at least the woman is of legal age, but it does still seem pretty off at times. I give it credit, for telling it in just a day, so the pacing was nice.