Spade & Archer
$65.20
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2010
Summary
When Sam Spade gets drawn into the Maltese Falcon case, we know what to expect: straight talk, hard questions and no favours. We know that his late partner, Miles Archer, was a son of a bitch; that Spade is sleeping with Archer’s wife. What we don’t know is how Spade became who he is.
Now SPADE AND ARCHER completes the picture. 1921: Spade sets up his own agency in San Francisco and clients quickly start coming through the door. The next seven years will see him dealing with booz…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409117537 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409117537 |
| Author: | Joe Gores |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 200mm x 24mm |
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‘Stunning’
Gores catches to perfection the period flavour, the noirish atmosphere and, above all, Hammett’s terse style…It left me aching for more. – Simon Shaw * MAIL ON SUNDAY *Beginning in 1921, it maps out the back story to Sam Spade and Mike Archer’s relationship via a pleasingly intricate and atmospherically hard-boiled plot before ending at the exact point The Maltese Falcon begins. * LONDON METRO *Stunning * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *And the great testament to Gore’s skill is that, within minutes of opening it, you’re very likely to have forgotten you’re not actually reading a Dashiell Hammett novel. The great gumshow is back. In spades. * THE HERALD *Joe Gores has acheived a near perfect duplication of the self-styled detective Sam Spade * TELEGRAPH & ARGUS *Not only authentically Hammett-ish but also a great stand alone read…a classy ventriloquist act of a book. * CATHOLIC HERALD *
About The Author
Joe Gores
Joe Gores, formerly a private eye, is the author of 16 other novels, including HAMMETT, which won Japan’s Falcon Award. He has received three Edgar Awards - one of only two authors to win in three separate categories: Best First Novel, Best Short Story and Best Episode in a TV Series.
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