Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the greatest crime novels of the 20th century - featuring iconic detective Sam Spade. 'Influenced everyone from Chandler to Le Carrà ... The Maltese Falcon is the Hammett novel that jumps from the pages of its genre and into literature' Guardian

Produktdetails

• Murder Room
• Verlag: Orion, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 65747
• Seitenzahl: 213
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 214g
• ISBN-13: 9780752865331
• ISBN-10: 0752865331
• Artikelnr.: 21420112

Autorenporträt

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.

Rezensionen

Dashiell Hammett's crime thriller and its hard-boiled hero Sam Spade influenced everyone from Chandler to Le Carré ... The Maltese Falcon is the Hammett novel that jumps from the pages of its genre and into literature GUARDIAN