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The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest : Introduction by Robert Polito

The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest : Introduction by Robert Polito - Thryft
The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest : Introduction by Robert Polito - Thryft

Classic hard-boiled crime novels, masterful writing.

"The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest" would be a great read for anyone who enjoys gritty crime novels with complex, morally ambiguous characters. Dashiell Hammett's writing style is spare and to-the-point, with sharply drawn characters who navigate intricate, sometimes deadly plots. These novels are a great choice for anyone who wants to delve into the genre that defined detective fiction in the 20th century.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest : Introduction by Robert Polito

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ISBN: 9780375411250

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The three classic novels published here in one volume are rich with the crisp prose, subtle characters, and intricate plots that made Dashiell Hammett one of the most admired writers of the twentieth century.



A one-time detective and a master of deft understatement, Hammett virtually invented the hard-boiled crime novel. In The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade, a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics, tangles with a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. The Thin Man introduces Hammett's wittiest creations, Nick and Nora Charles, who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. And in Red Harvest, Hammett's anonymous tough-guy detective, the Continental Op, takes on the entire town of Poisonville in a deadly war against corruption.



Dashiell Hammett is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer.--Boston Globe



"Hammett was spare, hard-boiled, but he did over and over what only the best writers can ever do. He wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before."--Raymond Chandler



"Hammett's prose was clean and entirely unique. His characters were as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction."--The New York Times



"As a novelist of realistic intrigue, Hammett was unsurpassed in his own or any time."--Ross Macdonald



"Dashiell Hammett's dialogues can be compared only with the best in Hemingway."--André Gide



"Hammett is one of the best contemporary American writers."--Gertrude Stein


Author: Dashiell Hammett
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 696
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Date: 05 Dec 2000
 

Classic hard-boiled crime novels, masterful writing.

"The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest" would be a great read for anyone who enjoys gritty crime novels with complex, morally ambiguous characters. Dashiell Hammett's writing style is spare and to-the-point, with sharply drawn characters who navigate intricate, sometimes deadly plots. These novels are a great choice for anyone who wants to delve into the genre that defined detective fiction in the 20th century.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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