The Killers | Overview

First published in the March, 1927, Scribner's Magazine, "The Killers" was completed when Hemingway was visiting Spain in the summer of 1926, but he had started the story much earlier. Revisions on the story included changing the name from the working title "The Matadors" to "The Killers." Hemingway also changed the name of the old prizefighter from Neroni to Ole Anderson and the setting from Petoskey, Michigan, to Summit, Illinois. Later he changed the spelling of Anderson to Andreson.

Some critics believe that the story was written as a result of a rift between Hemingway...

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