Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... The Maltese Falcon Author:Hammett, Dashiell Publisher:Grosset & Dunlap Release Date:1930 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Good Sku: 2341172 Notes: Wartime issue with paper rationing statement on title page. Good in fair jacket. Pages toned, ink name on front endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with several small chips, front jacket panel stained along edges. 1930 Hard Cover. 267 pp. Green cloth, falcon on front board. "The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine 'Black Mask'. The story has been adapted several times for the cinema. The main character, Sam Spade, appears only in this novel and in three lesser known short stories, yet is widely cited as the crystallizing figure in the development of the hard-boiled private detective genre - Raymond Chandler's character Philip Marlowe, for instance, was strongly influenced by Hammett's Spade. Spade was a departure from Hammett's nameless and less than glamorous detective, The Continental Op. Sam Spade combined several features of previous detectives, most notably his cold detachment, keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. He is the man who has seen the wretched, the corrupt, the tawdry side of life but still retains his "tarnished idealism"."..."Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 - January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), the newspaper comic strip Secret Agent X-9 and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in The New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction". Time magazine included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on a list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 to 2005. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Book Title: The Maltese Falcon
Format: Hard Cover
Language: English
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Author: Hammett, Dashiell
