With his diamond-sharp prose and artfully handled intrigue,
Dashiell Hammett virtually invented hard-boiled crime fiction. This
omnibus edition includes four linked stories - 'The House in Turk
Street', 'The Girl with the Silver Eyes', 'The Big Knockover' and
'$106,000 Blood Money - featuring the Continental Op, Hammett's
anonymous tough-guy detective. In The Dain Curse, the Op takes on a
wealthy young woman who appears to be the victim of a deadly family
curse. And in The Glass Key - Hammett's own favourite among his
works - we encounter his most cynical, morally ambiguous hero and a
hard-boiled version of a love triangle. In the works collected
here, we can observe the process by which Hammett both stripped
crime fiction down to its most subtle and searing essentials and
elevated it to high literature.
General
| Imprint: |
Everyman's Library
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
| Release date: |
September 2007 |
| Authors: |
Dashiell Hammett
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| Dimensions: |
212 x 134 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
633 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84159-307-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-84159-307-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781841593074 |
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