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The Continental Op

by: Dashiell Hammett (author) Girish Karnad (author)

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780330251129 (0330251120)

Publish date: 1977

Publisher: Pan Books

Pages no: 255

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Literature, 20th Century, Mystery, Detective, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Noir, Short Stories, Hard Boiled

Series: The Continental Op

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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it

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http://antao.booklikes.com Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios 4.0 Reports for Pinkerton's: "The Continental Op" by Dashiell Hammett

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(Original review, 1981-03-01)Hammett made no secret of Hammett’s wider (I suppose "wider" will do) literary ambitions, or that he earned his living writing a particular kind of story long after he'd have preferred to write something else. What I don't know is how and especially when he picked up his...

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14 years ago

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The Continental Op is a collection of short stories starring Dashiell Hammett's detective character, The Continental Op. Here are just some of the tales contained within.The Tenth Clew: Millionaire Leopold Gantvoort is found dead and signs point to the mysterious Emil Bonfils. But what of the mor...

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