The last major novel by Hemingway, set in the Gulf Islands, captures the struggles of personal relationships in a unique and characteristic style. “He also knew what it meant to live through a hurricane”. This is the last story Hemingway wrote before his death, concerning Thomas Hudson, an artist and wanderer. Living as a bachelor on a Gulf island in the '30s, his existence is dictated by the waves and tides. But when his children visit him, Hudson must face his role as a father and the new demands of family. A later work by one of America's greatest writers. “Hemingway’s most profoundly autobiographical work” - Irish Times