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  <name><![CDATA[Dashiell Hammett]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett &quot;is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time&quot; and was called, in his obituary in the New York Times, &quot;the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction.&quot;]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>St. Mary's County, Maryland</hometown>  <born_at>05/27/1894</born_at>  <died_at>01/10/1961</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Maltese Falcon]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Thin Man]]></title>
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  <published>1934</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Red Harvest]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Glass Key]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Continental Op]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Dain Curse]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dashiell Hammett : Complete Novels : Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man]]></title>
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  <published>1965</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels]]></title>
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  <published>1972</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest]]></title>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Nightmare Town]]></title>
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  <published>1999</published>  
  
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