An edition of Novels (1965)

Dashiell Hammett

Five Complete Novels Red Harvest, Dain Curse, Maltese Falcon. Glass Key and Thin Man

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An edition of Novels (1965)

Dashiell Hammett

Five Complete Novels Red Harvest, Dain Curse, Maltese Falcon. Glass Key and Thin Man

Book club edition
  • 13 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Each novel is distinct in mood and structure. Red Harvest (1929) epitomizes the violence and momentum of his Black Mask stories about the anonymous detective the Continental Op, in a raucous and nightmarish evocation of political corruption and gang warfare in a western mining town. In The Dain Curse (1929) the Op returns in a more melodramatic tale involving jewel theft, drugs, and a religious cult. With The Maltese Falcon (1930) and its protagonist Sam Spade, Hammett achieved his most enduring popular success, a tightly constructed quest story shot through with a sense of disillusionment and the arbitrariness of personal destiny. The Glass Key (1931) is a further exploration of city politics at their most scurrilous. His last novel was The Thin Man (1934), a ruefully comic tale paying homage to the traditional mystery form and featuring Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated inebriates who would enjoy a long afterlife in the movies.

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Random House/Knopf
Language
English
Pages
728

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Dashiell Hammett: A Retrospective Anthology
February 2004, Oxford University Press
in English
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Sbornik romanov
2000, Ripol-Klassik
in Russian
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Complete novels
1999, Literary Classics of the United States Inc.
in English
Cover of: Complete novels
Complete novels
1999, Library of America
in English
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Dashiell Hammett: Five Complete Novels Red Harvest, Dain Curse, Maltese Falcon. Glass Key and Thin Man
July 30, 1991, Random House/Knopf
Hardcover in English - Book club edition
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Dashiell Hammett: 5 Complete Novels
August 5, 1987, Random House Value Publishing
Hardcover in English - Avenel 1980 ed edition
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Dashiell Hammett: five complete novels.
1986, Chatham River Press, Distributed by Crown Publishers
in English
Cover of: Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett: five complete novels.
1980, Avenel Books, distributed by Crown Publishers
in English - Avenel 1980 ed.
Cover of: Novels.
Novels.
1965, Knopf
in English
Cover of: Novels.
Novels.
1965, Knopf
in English

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Hardcover
Number of pages
728
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 inches
Weight
2.2 pounds

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OL7674018M
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0517060116
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9780517060117
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