Title: The Maltese Falcon Author: Hammett, Dashiell [Samuel Dashiell] () Date of first publication: 14 February Edition used as base for this ebook: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, undated Date first posted: 2 January Date last updated: 2 . 8 rows · · The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. · Dashiell Hammett's third novel, The Maltese Falcon (), set the standard by which all subsequent detective fiction would be judged. Hammett's clean prose and sharp ear for dialogue produced an exceedingly readable novel with enough twists to .
Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett's archetypally tough San Francisco detective, is more noir than L.A. Confidential and more vulnerable than Raymond Chandler's Marlowe. In The Maltese Falcon, the best known of Hammett's Sam Spade novels (including The Dain Curse and The Glass Key), Spade is tough enough to bluff the toughest thugs and hold off the police, risking his reputation when a beautiful. Dashiell Hammett's third novel, The Maltese Falcon (), set the standard by which all subsequent detective fiction would be judged. Hammett's clean prose and sharp ear for dialogue produced an exceedingly readable novel with enough twists to keep the reader turning the pages in search of clues. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Used - Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers.
In The Maltese Falcon, the best known of Hammett's Sam Spade novels (including The Dain Curse and The Glass Key), Spade is tough enough to bluff the toughest thugs and hold off the police, risking his reputation when a beautiful woman begs for his help, while knowing that betrayal may deal him a new hand in the next moment. The Maltese Falcon Summary. Next. Chapter 1. In San Francisco during the late s, the beautiful Miss Wonderly arrives at Samuel Spade and Miles Archer’s detective agency. She asks the detectives to follow a man named Floyd Thursby, who she claims has run off with her younger sister Corinne. Eager to get closer with Wonderly, Archer agrees. The Maltese Falcon is the archetypal 'hardboiled' detective story, rich in exotic characters, dark exciting action and featuring of the greatest of all cool tough private eyes, Sam Spade. Written in , the novel has a timeless quality that makes it fresh and exciting for each new generation of readers.
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