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Learn about the 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, featuring Sam Spade and the black statuette of the Maltese Falcon. Find out the plot, the characters, the adaptations, and the background of this classic crime fiction.
- Dashiell Hammett
- 1930
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In The Maltese Falcon, the best known of Hammett's Sam Spade novels (including The Dain Curse and The Glass Key), Spade is tough enough to bluff the toughest thugs and hold off the police, risking his reputation when a beautiful woman begs for his help, while knowing that betrayal may deal him a new hand in the next moment.
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Aug 1, 1992 · In The Maltese Falcon, the best known of Hammett's Sam Spade novels (including The Dain Curse and The Glass Key), Spade is tough enough to bluff the toughest thugs and hold off the police, risking his reputation when a beautiful woman begs for his help, while knowing that betrayal may deal him a new hand in the next moment.
- Dashiell Hammett
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- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Aug 10, 2017 · Download or stream the 1930 novel by the American crime writer Dashiell Hammett, featuring his iconic detective Sam Spade. The book is part of the Duke University Libraries collection and has a barcode of D00328804P.
The Maltese Falcon, mystery novel by Dashiell Hammett, generally considered his finest work. It originally appeared as a serial in Black Mask magazine in 1929 and was published in book form the next year.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 14, 2020 · Listen to the classic hard-boiled detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, featuring Sam Spade and the legendary statuette of a falcon. This audiobook is published by Blackstone Publishing and available on Amazon.com.
- Dashiell Hammett
A private eye named Sam Spade investigates a mysterious treasure and a web of deceit in this hard-boiled masterpiece of American fiction. Learn about the author, the characters, the plot, and the cultural impact of this book that inspired a TV series and a film noir genre.
