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Dashiell Hammett

Born

in Saint Mary's county, Maryland, The United States

May 27, 1894

Died

January 10, 1961

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Crime

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Also wrote as Peter Collinson, Daghull Hammett, Samuel Dashiell, Mary Jane Hammett

Dashiell Hammett, an American, wrote highly acclaimed detective fiction, including The Maltese Falcon (1930) and The Thin Man (1934).

Samuel Dashiell Hammett authored hardboiled novels and short stories. He created Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) among the enduring characters. In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in the New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction."

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Average rating: 3.9 · 233,079 ratings · 16,472 reviews · 555 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 115,050 ratings — published 1930 — 217 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thin Man 3.90 avg rating — 38,110 ratings — published 1934 — 269 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.94 avg rating — 29,647 ratings — published 1929 — 321 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Key 3.92 avg rating — 13,594 ratings — published 1931 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2) 3.79 avg rating — 8,480 ratings — published 1929 — 233 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Continental Op 4.14 avg rating — 6,605 ratings — published 1930 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels by Dashiell Hammett, Lillian Hellman (Editor), Jeff Stone (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 3,310 ratings — published 1927 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man 4.39 avg rating — 2,245 ratings — published 1942 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightmare Town: Stories by Dashiell Hammett, Colin Dexter (Introduction), William F. Nolan (Introduction) 4.05 avg rating — 2,303 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett, Robert Polito 4.29 avg rating — 2,006 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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