HAMMETT, DASHIELL
The Novels of Dashiell Hammett Red Harvest, the Dain Curse, the Maltese Falcon, the Glass Key, and, the Thin Man
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. A Five-In-One volume which includes the highlight work of Dashiell Hammett. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book covers have some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, spots of rubbing, wrinkling and toning. "Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time". In his obituary in The New York Times, he was described as "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction." Time included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. In 1990, the Crime Writers' Association picked three of his five novels for their list of The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time. Five years later, four out of five of his novels made The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time as selected by the Mystery Writers of America. His novels and stories also had a significant influence on films, including the genres of private eye/detective fiction, mystery thrillers, and film noir. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
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Keywords: Mystery Dashiell Hammett Private Detectives Private Investigators