The Maltese Falcon: Featuring the iconic detective Sam Spade, now on TV as Monsieur Spade

ISBN-13: 9780752865331 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 224 str.

Dashiell Hammett

Opis

One of the greatest crime novels of the 20th century.

Recenzje

Dashiell Hammett's crime thriller and its hard-boiled hero Sam Spade influenced everyone from Chandler to Le Carré ... The Maltese Falcon is the Hammett novel that jumps from the pages of its genre and into literature GUARDIAN

O autorze

Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was born in Maryland and worked in a number of menial jobs until he became an operative for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. His experiences as a private detective laid the foundations for his writing career. His work includes RED HARVEST, THE MALTESE FALCON, THE GLASS KEY, THE THIN MAN and some eighty short stories, mostly published in Black Mask magazine.