Score: 3. Maps, self-guided tours, and photographs lead the way to Hammett-related locations from both then and now. As the ruins smolder, the case-hardened operative from the Continental Detective Agency is the one person determined to untangle the tough questions: Who tossed the match and why? Was it an angry neighbor, a disgruntled servant, or the old man in the window who was seen giving one last look at the world before the fire consumed him?
In the wreckage of the ruined house, the Continental Op will find that nothing burns hotter than greed. Nolan, Dashiell Hammett: A Casebook. Born in the pages of Black Mask in , the Continental Op is ageless, a hardworking hero as much for our time as he is for his own. He created iconic characters like Sam Spade and Nick and Nora Charles, and influenced countless other mystery authors, including Raymond Chandler. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values.
Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved. Here is Hammett the family man, distant but devoted; Hammett the student of politics, scanning the headlines from a Marxist perspective; and Hammett the lover of Lillian Hellman, delighting in her style, humour, accomplishments, but maintaining his independence.
Celebrity, soldier, activist, survivor--these letters show how Hammett was each of these in turn, but was always, above all, a writer. Handy with a gun, and always willing to take a roundhouse to the chin, the Op is the toughest sleuth San Francisco has ever seen.
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