Originally posted by Caliban
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Rincon pedante: Hemingway never saw Manolete fight - his era coincided with EH's long exile from Spain. Manolete was a favourite of Franco, who declared 3 days of national mourning when he was killed in 1947. EH is very rude about Manolete in this book.
A recent film about Manolete stars Adrien Brody, a remarkable lookalike, with the luscious Penelpoe Cruz as his mistress. Manolete was killed in the Andalusian town of Linares, which also happens to be the birthplace of Andrés Segovia.
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