<![CDATA[The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest (Everyman's Library)]]>

false <![CDATA[The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest (Everyman's Library)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170685485m/68086.jpg 68086 1 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 Introduction by Robert Polito 66009 5 12 2000 The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest (Everyman's Library) total:172|5:69|4:66|3:32|2:4|1:1| 172 714 240 13 4 0 false false Fri Apr 24 08:06:10 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 08:07:47 -0700 2009 This book jumps back and forth and skips information. You never know what the main character is going to do next, but he always solves the case somehow. The outcome is definite...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Thu Jan 08 17:08:25 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 17:09:18 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 07 20:13:34 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 20:16:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 13 08:06:03 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 16 12:58:44 -0700 2007
The Thin Man is one of my all-time favorite movies and this book adds a dif...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 19:19:44 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 19:23:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 14:13:17 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:08:55 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 04 12:35:25 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 12:36:04 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Sep 29 10:22:33 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 10:23:23 -0700 2008
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