This second collection of stories was a milestone in Ernest Hemingway's career. Although The Sun Also Rises had already established him as a novelist of exceptional power, these short stories showed that he was able, in the space of a few pages, to recreate a scene with absolute truth, brought to life through uniquely observed details. Hemingway's men are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen, all proving their mettle in a man's world.