The Continental Op
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780679722
Publish date: August 1992
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pages no: 319
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
20th Century,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Short Stories,
Hard Boiled
Series: The Continental Op
(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...
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...
The first Hammett I ever read. Some of his best stories, and about his greatest creation.
6 years ago
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