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Rural Noir: Bluebird, Bluebird and Pop. 1280
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May 15, 2020
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Allow me to say that I had trouble unseeing Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet in their roles as I read this book. I've seen that movie countless times thanks to my father.
The book opens with the realization that PI Sam Spade's partner has been murdered. The thread leads to a priceless artifact, The Maltese Falcon. Is Sam privy to it's whereabouts? I won't give that away, but this book gives us what we expect in a pulp fiction novel. Dashiell Hammett gives us murder, a confident ...more
The book opens with the realization that PI Sam Spade's partner has been murdered. The thread leads to a priceless artifact, The Maltese Falcon. Is Sam privy to it's whereabouts? I won't give that away, but this book gives us what we expect in a pulp fiction novel. Dashiell Hammett gives us murder, a confident ...more
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