Drawing on his own experiences as a Pinkerton detective, Hammett gave a harshly realistic edge to novels that were at the same time infused with a spirit of romantic adventure.Įach novel is distinct in mood and structure. The five novels that Hammett published between 19, collected here in one volume, have become part of modern American culture, creating archetypal characters and establishing the ground rules and characteristic tone for a whole tradition of hardboiled writing. In a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel. Complete in one volume, the five books that created the modern American crime novel
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