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78) Complete novels: Red harvest ; The Dain curse ; The Maltese falcon ; The glass key ; The thin man
Author
Series
Library of America volume 110
Summary
"In a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel." "The five novels that Hammett published between 1929 and 1934, collected here in one volume, have become part of modern American culture, creating archetypal characters and establishing the ground rules for a whole tradition of hardboiled writing." "Each novel is distinct in mood and structure. Red Harvest (1929), a raucous and nightmarish...