Hemingway's Death

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This brings us to a reconstruction of the death of Ernest Hemingway from the point of view of Hemingway himself. I caution you that this 'reconstruction' is only fantasy based on science as I understand it. But if my knowlege of science is more or less correct, then this is the way Ernest Hemingway died:

He must have had the muzzle of the shotgun in his mouth. He would have thought his last thoughts, then he would have pulled the trigger. He would not have heard the click of the hammer(s): that much is clear. Nor would he have heard the sound of the explosion(s) which propelled the deadly cargo through his skull. The human brain is woundrous, but needs much time to create sensation. That time was not available to Ernest Hemingway as the load of lead tore through his glorious brain.

The passage of that mass of lead propelled at that immense speed through his brain would have instanteneously rendered EH's brain Non Compos Mentos: Ernest Hemingway would not have suffered in the least. Ernest Hemingway would have 'passed' immediately.

The only remaining question regarding the death of Ernest Hemingway is this: did Ernest Hemingway have any further life? Did he have sensations? Could he think? Could he feel? Could he see? Hear? Taste? Smell? Could he communicate?