A Dashiell Hammett Companion
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A Dashiell Hammett Companion
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Author : Robert L. Gale
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2000-02-28
A Dashiell Hammett Companion written by Robert L. Gale and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-02-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Dashiell Hammett's writing career began with the publication of The Parthian Shot, a tiny short story in The Smart Set in 1922, and virtually ended when he published 3 outstanding stories in Collier's in 1934. During this period, he published 60 short stories, 5 novels—including The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man—a few minor poems, some nonfictional prose, and a series of astute book reviews. Though he lived until 1961, he wrote little after 1934 and suffered from alcoholism, tuberculosis, and other illnesses. His influence on other writers, however, and on movies and television, has survived to this day. This reference work is a comprehensive guide to Hammett's life and works. The volume begins with a chronology that highlights the major events in Hammett's life. The bulk of the book comprises alphabetically arranged entries for Hammett's works, characters, family members, and acquaintances. Some of the entries cite sources of additional information, and the volume concludes with a brief bibliography. While the reference is first and foremost a guide to Hammett, it is also a helpful aid to the study of the development of the American hard-boiled detective novel.
Dashiell Hammett
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Author : Sally Cline
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-06-07
Dashiell Hammett written by Sally Cline and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Dashiell Hammett changed the face of crime fiction. In five novels published over five years as well as a string of stories, he transformed the mystery genre into literature and left us with the figure of the hard-boiled detective, from the Continental Op to Sam Spade—immortalized on film by Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon—and the more glamorous Thin Man, also made iconic with the aid of Hollywood. A brilliant writer, Hammett was a complex and enigmatic man. After 1934 until his death in 1961, he published no more novels and suffered from a writer’s block that both shamed and maimed him. He is identified with his tough protagonists, but his tuberculosis compromised his masculine identity and alcoholism may have been his answer. A former Pinkerton detective who valued honesty, he was attracted to women who lied outrageously, most notably Lillian Hellman, with whom he conducted a thirty-year affair. A controversial political activist who stood up for civil liberty, he was also a very private man. In this compact new biography, Sally Cline uses fresh research, including interviews with Hammett’s family and Hellman’s heir, to reexamine the life and works of the writer whom Raymond Chandler called “the ace performer.”
A Mickey Spillane Companion
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Author : Robert L. Gale
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2003-05-30
A Mickey Spillane Companion written by Robert L. Gale and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Hundreds of A-Z entries detail the plots and characters of one of America's greatest mystery writers.
Dashiell Hammett A Life
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Author : Diane Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 1987
Dashiell Hammett A Life written by Diane Johnson and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The definitive life of one of America's most important, enigmatic, and fascinating novelists.
Red Harvest
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Author : Dashiell Hammett
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Release Date : 2010-12-29
Red Harvest written by Dashiell Hammett and has been published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-29 with Fiction categories.
The steadfast and sturdy Continental Op has been summoned to the town of Personville—known as Poisonville—a dusty mining community splintered by competing factions of gangsters and petty criminals. The Op has been hired by Donald Willsson, publisher of the local newspaper, who gave little indication about the reason for the visit. No sooner does the Op arrive, than the body count begins to climb . . . starting with his client. With this last honest citizen of Poisonville murdered, the Op decides to stay on and force a reckoning—even if that means taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.
The Maltese Falcon
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Author : Dashiell Hammett
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-08-14
The Maltese Falcon written by Dashiell Hammett and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-14 with Fiction categories.
The character Sam Spade is now the subject of a brand new TV series, MONSIEUR SPADE, starring Clive Owen. One of the greatest crime novels of the 20th century. '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 Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure worth killing for, before the Fat Man finds him?
The Continental Op
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Author : Dashiell Hammett
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Release Date : 1975
The Continental Op written by Dashiell Hammett and has been published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Fiction categories.
A collection of stories about Hammett's famous detective.
Out Of The Shadows
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Author : Gene D. Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2012
Out Of The Shadows written by Gene D. Phillips and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Performing Arts categories.
Film noir was a cycle in American cinema which first came into prominence during World War II, peaked in the 1950s, and began to taper off as a definable trend by 1960. Over the years, a group of films from the period emerged as noir standards, beginning with Stranger on the Third Floor in 1940. However, since film noir is too wide-ranging, it cannot be kept within the narrow limits of the official canon that has been established by film historians. Consequently, several neglected movies made during the classic noir period need to be re-evaluated as noir films. In Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir, Gene Phillips provides an in-depth examination of several key noir films, including acknowledged masterpieces like Laura, The Maltese Falcon, Sunset Boulevard, and Touch of Evil, as well as films not often associated with film noir like Spellbound, A Double Life, and Anatomy of a Murder. Phillips also examines overlooked or underappreciated films such as Song of the Thin Man, The Glass Key, Ministry of Fear, and Act of Violence. Also considered in this reevaluation are significant neo-noir films, among them Chinatown, Hammett, L.A. Confidential, and The Talented Mr. Ripley. In his analyses, Phillips draws upon a number of sources, including personal interviews with directors and others connected with their productions, screenplays, and evaluations of other commentators. Out of the Shadows explores not only the most celebrated noir films but offers new insight into underrated films that deserve reconsideration. Of interest to film historians and scholars, this volume will also appeal to anyone who wants a better understanding of the works that represent this unique cycle in American filmmaking.
The Glass Key
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Author : Dashiell Hammett
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Release Date : 2011-02-09
The Glass Key written by Dashiell Hammett and has been published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-09 with Fiction categories.
Ned Beaumont is a gambler and a professional troubleshooter for his friend Paul Madvig, a cheerfully corrupt political power broker who aspires to greater things. Madvig has his eyes set on none other than the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. When the senator’s son turns up dead, Madvig becomes the prime suspect. But if he is innocent, then which of his dozens of enemies is doing an awfully good job of framing him? Dashiell Hammett’s tour de force of crime fiction combines a bulletproof plot, authentically corrupt characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness. *With a new introduction by Laura Lippmann*
The Dain Curse
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Author : Dashiell Hammett
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Release Date : 2011-02-23
The Dain Curse written by Dashiell Hammett and has been published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-23 with Fiction categories.
When eight diamonds are stolen from a prominent San Francisco family, the Continental Op is called in to investigate. But the missing jewels aren’t the only thing out of the ordinary. The man who reported the burglary ends up dead, ostensibly a suicide. His daughter, one of the suspects, Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett, has a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying. Might Gabrielle be the victim of an arcane family curse? Or is the truth about her stranger and even more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op’s most bizarre cases and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.