The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

As an operative for Pinkertons Detective Agency Dashiell Hammett knew about sleuthing from the inside, but his career was cut short by the ruin of his health in World War I. Despite or because of that, Hammett had an enormous effect on mainstream writers between the wars.

Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) is recognized as the first master of hard-boiled detective fiction. His lean writing style, cynical characters and complex plots brought a new energy to pulp magazines then went on to define the genre in movies, radio and television where the private eye series became an entertainment staple. Hammett wrote more than 80 short stories and five novels: "Red Harvest" (1929), "The Dain Curse" (1929), "The Maltese Falcon" (1930), "The Glass Key" (1931) and "The Thin Man" (1934). He created tough guys Sam Spade and the Continental Op as well as debonaire sleuths Nick and Nora Charles. He wrote a comic strip ("Secret Agent X-9"), an original radio series ("The Fat Man") and worked on numerous scripts, often simply to polish dialogue. Hammett's crisp, colorful language brought gangster slang into everyday speech.

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ISBN 13	9781857152630
ISBN 10	1857152638
Title	The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest
Author	Dashiell Hammett
Series	Everymans Library Contemporary Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Everyman
Year published	2000-11-23
Number of pages	672
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