Dashiell Hammett
Hardcover | Pages: 969 pages Rating: 4.4 | 1991 Users | 170 Reviews
List Books Toward Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man
| Original Title: | Complete Novels |
| ISBN: | 1883011671 (ISBN13: 9781883011673) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Complete in one volume, the five books that created the modern American crime novelIn a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel.
The five novels that Hammett published between 1929 and 1934, collected here in one volume, have become part of modern American culture, creating archetypal characters and establishing the ground rules and characteristic tone for a whole tradition of hardboiled writing. Drawing on his own experiences as a Pinkerton detective, Hammett gave a harshly realistic edge to novels that were at the same time infused with a spirit of romantic adventure.
Each novel is distinct in mood and structure. Red Harvest (1929) epitomizes the violence and momentum of his Black Mask stories about the anonymous detective the Continental Op, in a raucous and nightmarish evocation of political corruption and gang warfare in a western mining town. In The Dain Curse (1929) the Op returns in a more melodramatic tale involving jewel theft, drugs, and a religious cult. With The Maltese Falcon (1930) and its protagonist Sam Spade, Hammett achieved his most enduring popular success, a tightly constructed quest story shot through with a sense of disillusionment and the arbitrariness of personal destiny. The Glass Key (1931) is a further exploration of city politics at their most scurrilous. His last novel was The Thin Man (1934), a ruefully comic tale paying homage to the traditional mystery form and featuring Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated inebriates who would enjoy a long afterlife in the movies.
Present Regarding Books Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man
| Title | : | Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man |
| Author | : | Dashiell Hammett |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 969 pages |
| Published | : | 1999 by Library of America (first published 1942) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Noir. Crime. Classics. Detective. Literature |
Rating Regarding Books Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man
Ratings: 4.4 From 1991 Users | 170 ReviewsCrit Regarding Books Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man
I read "Red Harvest" and "The Glass Key" in the first week of this year.In "Red Harvest", the Continental Op comes inland from San Francisco to a western mining town called Personville (loosely based on Butte, Montana, I see) on a request from a journalist who is murdered before they even meet.Dashiell Hammett's settings often involve a town or city, control of which has been apportioned by a set of warring gangs, corrupt politicians and monopolistic industrialists. In this case, a wealthyThis Library of America Volume N° 110 contains the following five Hammett novels: 1. Red Harvest (January 2011) 2. The Dain Curse (May 11, 2012)3. The Maltese Falcon (March 2011)4. The Glass Key (May 15, 2012)5. The Thin Man (March 21, 2011)I read all five of these novels between January 2011 and May 2012. They were fantastic, but I wasn't super engaged in review writing. I've hyper-linked to my individual reviews for your viewing pleasure. I might need to go back and review Red Harvest and
I read "Red Harvest" and "The Glass Key" in the first week of this year.In "Red Harvest", the Continental Op comes inland from San Francisco to a western mining town called Personville (loosely based on Butte, Montana, I see) on a request from a journalist who is murdered before they even meet.Dashiell Hammett's settings often involve a town or city, control of which has been apportioned by a set of warring gangs, corrupt politicians and monopolistic industrialists. In this case, a wealthy
My only previous experience with Dashiell Hammett (apart from the classic films made from his movies) was a short story featuring The Continental Op. I was a little surprised at the amount of dry wit that was mixed among the wisecracks - some of the humor is very nuanced. I also found his style to be more streamlined and plot driven in comparison to someone like Raymond Chandler who seemed to be more about style than plot coherency. Mr. Hammett sets the scene with concise bits of description,
Complete Novelsby Dashiell HammettThere are five novels in this collection; Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key & finally, The Thin Man. The first two feature the anonymous detective of the Continental Op Detective Agency. The Maltese Falcon features Sam Spade, The Glass Key "tells the story of gambler and racketeer Ned Beaumont". The Thin Man features Nick and Nora Charles, a pair of dipsomaniacs; Nick, a retired detective & Nora a wealthy heiress. I was one
I own this very book in hardback and have read it a couple of times. It's a very nice book with Bible-style pages. They are thin and prone to smudging so turn those pages carefully if you ever get yourself a copy. Hammett is probably one of my favourite writers of dialogue. I once kept a journal, writing down all of the fantastic phrases I came across in an attempt to speak like one of his character. I've grown up since then (only by a couple of years though). I someday want to write hardboiled
This one book collects all five of the detective novels he wrote between 1929 and 1934, during which time he pushed pulp fiction into its most conceptually pure and most literary manner. And, of course, during which time he set the templates for movies that has lasted for decades. The Maltese Falcon, of course, became a film noir classic. The Thin Man a classic of another type, the urbane, hard-drinking, wittily bantering husband-and-wife detectives. There are also two novels of the Continental
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