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Title: The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett, Robert Polito ISBN: 0-375-41125-9 Publisher: Unknown Publisher - Being Researched Pub. Date: 05 December, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Classic Hammett
Comment: Dashiell Hammett is best known as the man who wrote "Maltese Falcon," the classic noir mystery behind the classic noir film. That book is included here, along with the confusing "Red Harvest" and magnificent, polished "Thin Man," two other crime novels by Hammett.
The mysterious "Maltese Falcon" is at the center of international intrigue -- and murder. Cynical Sam Spade and his partner Miles Archer are hired by a beautiful, seemingly helpless woman to find a man who she says has run off with her sister. Not only is the woman lying, but someone kills Archer. A slimy fop, a cultured gangster, and a breathy femme fatale are all in the same web of crime and murder, centered on a bejewelled bird called the Maltese Falcon.
"Red Harvest" is the full-length novel introduction of the cool-as-ice Continental Op. He travels to Personville (or "Poisonville," depending on your accent) to meet a client. Except the client has just been murdered. Rather than go home to San Francisco, the Continental Op meets the dead man's wealthy father, and begins a one-man battle against the vicious gangsters who control Personville. But the death and mayhem draw him in, threatening his life as he struggles to stay afloat.
"The Thin Man" was Hammett's last and lightest novel. Nick and Nora Charles are a wealthy couple who have a weird kind of compatibility, but ex-private-eye Nick is through with crime solving. Or so he thinks. One day when Nick is out drinking, he encounters young Dorothy Wynant, daughter of peculiar inventor Clyde Wynant. Her dad has vanished, and soon his secretary/mistress is found dead. Nick finds himself sucked unwillingly into a sordid, messy crime that will leave more murdered bodies behind it.
This collection shows the unevenness of Hammett's writing at times. "Maltese Falcon" and "Thin Man" are complicated and polished, while "Red Harvest" is a dense mass of shootings, conspiracies and mysterious crimes. What they all have in common is tense, sparse writing, and hardened, cynical anti-heroes who are surrounded by other ambiguous characters.
The three-pack of "The Maltese Falcon," "The Thin Man," and "Red Harvest" is a good way to introduce yourself to Hammett's gritty, engrossing crime novels. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic for every home library
Comment: My two favorites in this collection are The Thin Man and The Maltese Falcon. I love these hard-boiled detective novels doubly for their sheer entertainment and their place in history. If you want a fascinating read to go allong with this collection, get The Perfect Murder: A Study In Detection by David Lehman. It will clue you into these novels and life. These classic American Novels by Hammett are about to explode in historical research as these novels create an important link in America from WWII to our morality.
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Title: The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely; The High Window by Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0375415017 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Lady in the Lake; The Little Sister; The Long Goodbye; Playback by Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0375415025 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and SelectedStories by James M. Cain ISBN: 037541438X Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 22 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Raymond Chandler: Collected Stories (Everyman's Library) by Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0375415009 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0394758285 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 July, 1988 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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