Name: The Adventures of sam Spade and Other Stories
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Author: Dashiell Hammett
ISBN: 9781773237770

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The Adventures of sam Spade and Other Stories

Type

Physical Book

Author

Dashiell Hammett

Publisher

Must Have Books

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

108

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm

Weight

0.17 kg.

ISBN13

9781773237770

Synopsis "The Adventures of sam Spade and Other Stories "

"The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories" is a collection of seven short stories (three of them with Detective Sam Spade), written by American author of detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist Samuel Dashiell Hammett: Contents: -Too many have lived -They can only hang you once -A man called Spade -The assistant murderer -Night shade -The judge laughed last -His brother's keeperHammett knew how to write stories. No messing about, just the facts. He recorded a dark world, where everyone was on the take, and towns were run in the interests of the criminally inclined. He allows that world to tell its own story, without any of the characters telling you what to think about it. Hammett here proves his mastery of the short story and novella form in hard-boiled detective fiction.

Dashiell Hammett

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Dashiell Hammett (St. Mary's County, 1894 - New York, 1961) was born into a family of farmers, worked as a private detective in Baltimore, and participated in World War I, which left lasting effects on his health for the rest of his life. His passion for literature awakened in the early twenties, and he achieved fame during the Great Depression. An influential and admired novelist, between 1929 and 1934 he set aside his profession to engage in political activism: he joined anti-fascist movements and in 1937 became a member of the Communist Party of the United States, which led him to participate in World War II. He is the author of some of the finest noir novels ever written.

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