Dashiell Hammett: Crime Stories & Other Writings (LOA #125)
Crime Stories and Other Writings
$74.04
- Hardcover
934 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2001
Summary
In the stories and novellas he wrote for pulp magazines in the 1920s and 1930s, Dashiell Hammett took the detective story and turned it into a medium for capturing the jarring textures and revved-up cadences of modern American life. This volume collects the finest of these stories: twenty-four in all, along with some revealing essays and an earlier version of his novel The Thin Man.
Mixing melodramatic panache and poker-faced comedy, a sensitivity to place and a perceptive gr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781931082006 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1931082006 |
| Author: | Dashiell Hammett |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 934 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2001 |
| Weight: | 618g |
| Dimensions: | 206mm x 132mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Library of America Dashiell Hammett Edition |
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About The Author
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), a master of hard-boiled detective fiction, was the author of The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, and the Continental Op stories, among other celebrated works.
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