Dashiell Hammett

Broschiertes Buch

The Continental Op

Short Story Collection

Beschreibung

'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMES

Autor

Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was born in Maryland, left school at 14 and had several jobs - messenger boy, newsboy, clerk, timekeeper, yardman, machine operator and stevedore - until he became an operative for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. His experiences as a private detective laid the foundations for his writing career. His work includes The Maltese Falcon, Red Harvest, The Glass Key, The Thin Man and some eighty short stories, mostly published in Black Mask magazine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 198g
• ISBN-13: 9781409138075
• ISBN-10: 1409138070
• Artikelnr.: 34531590

Rezensionen

His name remains one of the most important and recognisable in the crime fiction genre. Hammett set the standard for much of the work that would follow INDEPENDENT