Double-Edged Sword

Documents the life of the early 20th-century matador from America, tracing his childhood in Brooklyn and training under iconic matador Rodolfo Gaona before taking Spain by storm in 1929, a career marked by his homosexuality and friendship with Ernest Hemingway.

• Author: Bart Paul
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Published: 2009-12
• Pages: 344