DASHIELL HAMMETT--5/27/1894 to 1/10/61 (66).
Created the CONTINENTIAL OP..SAM SPADE & NICK
and NORA CHARLES. Was imprisoned and black listed.
Politically active,drank/smoked a lot and had TB.
Died of lung cancer.
ALL the people in his stories were based on people
he knew. HARDBOILED FICTION WRITER.
* SAM SPADE-cold,detached,determined, a tarnished
idealist, has seen it all. A great detective.
*NICK and NORA CHARLES--RICH, a married couple who
solves murders. Funny.
+THE RED HARVEST 1929
Donald Willsson is murdered,a labor dispute.a town
that needs cleaned up and violent events.
+THE DAIN CURSE 1929
a curse on the Dain family,robbery,morphine,murder.
+THE MALTESE FALCON 1930
(some say the GREATEST novel ever written) MY FAVORITE!
Brigid O hires Sam to protect her partner Thurshy. A jewel
encrusted Falcon statue. You can't help but picture Mr. Bogart.
+THE GLASS KEY
a re-election campaign, NED B. and PAUL MADVIG. Gang wars,
racketeering.
+THE THIN MAN 1934
Nick and Nora Charles--a delightful couple.Their friend Clyde Wynant
is missing later found dead. ASTA.
ALL A MUST READ. YOU HAVE TO READ HAMMETT. THEY ARE THE BEST
BOOKS OUT THERE !
I liked this book so much I accidently ordered it and I already
have it. Now I have to find some one to give it too.
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