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  <title><![CDATA[Woman in the Dark]]></title>
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  <default_description>A young, frightened, foreign woman appears at the door of an isolated house. The man and woman inside take her in. Other strangers appear in pursuit of the girl. Menace is in the air.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Originally published in 1933, Hammett's &lt;b&gt;Woman in the Dark&lt;/b&gt; shows the author at the peak of his narrative powers. With an introduction by Robert B. Parker, the author of the celebrated Spenser novels.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dashiell Hammett]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 15 12:48:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 19 04:06:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I dislike stories that try to convince me that two people meet and within a few minutes and couple of sentences spoken, they would do anything for each other, including getting shot. Sorry, not only not buying it, but the idea was so ludicrous that it kept me distracted throughout the story.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46432561">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A rediscovered short novel written just before his last novel, The Thin Man. Pure Hammett, although not as strong as some of the other works. Another plus -- foreword by Robert B. Parker -- 'nuf said.<br/>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very short novel, took me maybe half an hour to read, and although it was definitely Hammettesque, I didn't like it as much as I enjoyed some of his other work. It's probably unfair to compare it to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Maltese Falcon" title="The Maltese Falcon">The Maltese Falcon</a>, but I'm liking a lot of the stories in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Nightmare Town" title="Nightmare Town">Nightmare Town</a> more. It's got t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32221959">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jul 18 21:22:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[More of a long short story, barely a novella.  A very quick read, characters are classic Hammett but rather thin. ]]></body>
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    <review id="63455833">
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 14 11:09:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kenficara.net/books/2007/06/woman_in_the_dark_dashiell_ham.html" title="http://kenficara.net/books/2007/06/woman_in_the_dark_dashiell_ham.html">http://kenficara.net/books/2007/06/woman...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33901017">
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Sep 26 10:57:11 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story reads like a play. It takes place in two rooms, maybe three. It is fast paced and &quot;hard boiled&quot;, as they say. The characters are tough and seamy. They are dames and toughs rather than damsels and princes. I can see it filmed in black and white. This is a suspense novella by a ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33901017">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really more of a novella than a novel, this brief book is a small masterpiece of noir fiction. Hammett is an adept storyteller, and he packs a big story into just a few pages. My only quibble was the ending; it was just a little too abrupt and open-ended for my tastes, although I'm willing to admit ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16689244">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50470623">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is more of an extended short story than a novel, and as such doesn't have time to build up characters the same way Hammett's other novels do. That being said, it's still got a lot of the same skillful prose that makes Hammett such a delight to read, and it's fun to be able to go through a book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50470623">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21399993">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not one of his best known books, but it's good swift read full of his well known dialog, blood and guts. This is the somewhat softier Hammett.<br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21399993]]></url>
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    <review id="11376309">
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    <body><![CDATA[a good quick read, more like a play than a novel. It's an interesting little sketch, but not very memorable.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good little novella, but one of Hammett's weaker works. I honestly don't remember it very well.]]></body>
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    <review id="29383849">
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    <name><![CDATA[Charles]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hammett was a truly fine writer.]]></body>
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    <review id="5974360">
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    <body><![CDATA[Mmm, Hammett is yummy.]]></body>
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