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The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels

Dashiell Hammett

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Hammett's continental op - tough, tired, intelligent, a snap-brimmed Sir Galahad with a Browning - was the prototype for a whole new tradition of private eye thrillers.
Here are ten of his classic suspense stories from the twenties and thirties - selected and introduced by Lillian Hellman.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Release: July 17, 1989

ISBN: 0679722599

ISBN 13: 9780679722595

The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels

Dashiell Hammett

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Hammett's continental op - tough, tired, intelligent, a snap-brimmed Sir Galahad with a Browning - was the prototype for a whole new tradition of private eye thrillers.
Here are ten of his classic suspense stories from the twenties and thirties - selected and introduced by Lillian Hellman.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Release: July 17, 1989

ISBN: 0679722599

ISBN 13: 9780679722595

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