![]() ![]() The reader will soon forget the outrageous plots and constant stream of grisly murders. The chief character is the middle aged paunchy Continent Operative (the name of the agent the unnamed agent works for). These stories are byzantine in plot complications with little depth given to the characters who act in a melodramatic and murderous manner. The Glass Key deals with murder, gambling, jealousy and greed in a New York town. She falls victim to the Dain Curse of her murderous family past and also her morphine addiction. The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money and two short novels: The Dain Curse dealing with a woman who in two months sees murdered her husband, father, step-mother, physician and her maid jailed for murder. This Everyman Volume features four short stories: The House in Turk Street, The Girl With the Silver Eyes. ![]() He is considered along with Raymond Chandler to be one of the greatest noir authors in American literature. Hammett had a long-term affair with Lillian Hellman the playwright and served time in prison during the Red Scare. His famous novels include The Thin Man, The Maltese Falcon and others. He is best known for his outstanding series of novels and hardboiled crime tales from the 1920s, 30s and. Dashiell Hammett was born in Maryland in 1894. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |