J. Michael Moriarty is a trial lawyer in Nebraska. This is his second novel in a series on Hemingway after he faked his death in 1961. The first book is Hemingway's Retreat in which the famed author fakes his death on July 2, 2961 and then went to Ireland and lives in a castle. To pull off the deception he received help from his friend, JFK.
Moriarty said it was time to bring back Hemingway. He has been gone too long and his return was overdue.
Hemingway's Retreat (to Ireland) and Hemingway's Return to England are the result of the author's continuing desire to have Hemingway not die.
For years Moriarty had visited Hemingway at the cemetery in Ketchum, Idaho. He said it was finally time to release him on his own recognizance from his perpetual custody. So, Papa becomes Papa again. Some will approve. Some won't. What matters is that he has reentered the scene. He is back.
Moriarty plans to keep him alive in the Hemingway series and also in the Hunter S. Thompson series of books which feature Dr. Gonzo and friend Jordan hunting Nazi's in 1958 who have frequent encounters with Hemingway as they hunt down Nazis.