The hilarious and critically acclaimed national bestseller; A New York Times notable book of the year "The book's strengths are...its dry, deftly understated wit; its careful plot and character construction; its clever, on-the-money dialogue...Those pleasures carry you a long way." —The New York Times Book Review "What impresses most about Hemingway's Chair is [Palin's] firm command over the basic craft of novel-writing. His book is well-paced, his prose carefully-hewn, his characters fully developed and convincingly human. And his comic timing is impeccable." —Washington Post  "Throughout, Palin's empathetic humor informs this perceptive tribute to the art of manliness." —Entertainment Weekly Martin Sproale is an assistant postmaster obsessed with Ernest Hemingway.
