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The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

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Mar 13, 2018 Tom Britz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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The Maltese Falcon is a deserved classic of Noir Detective fiction. The writing was crisp and no-nonsense and I could picture Humphrey Bogart playing this part, even though I've never seen it. . .yet. Dashiell Hammett tailored it smoothly so that Bogart was a natural for the big screen edition.
The case begins when a femme fatale comes into the offices of Spade And Archer. What starts out to be a simple case of tailing her male friend ends up with Sam Spade's partner Miles Archer being gunned dow ...more

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Sep 22, 2011 Michal rated it liked it · review of another edition

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this is a tightly written detective novel. Sharp characterization, every shifted eyebrow moves the plot forward, and a twisty plot to keep the pages turning.
I saw the movie years ago. I couldn't remember what all happened, so it didn't spoil it for me.It seemed to follow the book closely.
This was probably a racy book in it's time: adultery, sex and disrespect for authority. That is ho hum run of the mill stuff these days, but was not the usual fare in 1929. ...more

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