Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon (eBook, ePUB)

Featuring the iconic detective Sam Spade, now on TV as Monsieur Spade

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of the greatest crime novels of the 20th century from the genius who influenced everyone from Chandler to Le Carre.

'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

'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

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?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781471917684
• Artikelnr.: 41693313

Autorenporträt

"Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 - January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.Hammett ""is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time"". Time included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.His novels and stories also had a significant influence on films, including the genres of private eye/detective fiction, mystery thrillers, and film noir. "

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