This is one of those books I love beyond a number of other “better” works of art, so don’t expect a balanced and overly critical review. Not that the book isn't fantastic. [SPOILERS AHEAD, SPOILERS AHEAD:]My very first exposure to Hammett was the novella, Woman in the Dark, published separately as a...
My personal favorite of Hammett's full-length novels. An Op story (originally told in serial form, of course) that's full of all kinds of terrible corruption, which doesn't spare the hero himself either. Purportedly an influence on Kurosawa's "Yojimbo".
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