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Library of America Dashiell Hammett Edition Ser.: Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (LOA #110) : Red Harvest / the Dain Curse / the Maltese Falcon / the Glass Key / the Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett (1999, Hardcover)

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In a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel. In the words of Raymond Chandler, "Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse. . . . He put these people down on paper as they were, and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used for these purposes." Beginning as a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines of the 1920s, he succeeded during his brief career in making his kind of crime fiction a crucial part of the fabric of American writing: a genre that did not evade reality but rather embodied the grittiness and harshness of modern urban life. The five novels that Hammett published between 1929 and 1934, collected here in one Library of America 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. 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. His lean and deliberately simplified prose won admiration from such contemporaries as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner. Each novel is distinct in mood and structure. Red Harvest (1929) epitomizes the violence and momentum of his Black Mask stories about the anonymous detective the Continental Op. In this raucous and nightmarish evocation of political corruption and gang warfare in a western mining town (modeled on Butte, Montana) nicknamed "Poisonville," the Op takes Machiavellian pleasure in pitting one faction against another to bring about their mutual destruction. The Op returns in The Dain Curse (1929) to preside over a more ornately melodramatic tale involving jewel theft, drugs, and a mysterious religious cult. With The Maltese Falcon (1930) and its protagonist Sam Spade, Hammett achieved his most enduring popular success. A tightly constructed quest story with an unforgettable cast of eccentric adventurers, it is at the same time shot through with a sense of disillusionment and the arbitrariness of personal destiny. The Glass Key (1931), an exploration of city politics at their most scurrilous, traces intricate patterns of loyalty and betrayal in scenes charged with drama. His last novel, The Thin Man (1934), is a ruefully comic tale distinct from the rest of his work. Paying homage to the traditional mystery form, it is best remembered for its protagonists Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated inebriates who would enjoy a long afterlife in the movies. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Library of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1883011671
ISBN-13
9781883011673
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1626901

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Book Title
Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (LOA #110) : Red Harvest / the Dain Curse / the Maltese Falcon / the Glass Key / the Thin Man
Author
Dashiell Hammett
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Crime, Literary
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
967 Pages

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8.1in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz

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Age Range
18
Series Volume Number
1
Lc Classification Number
Ps3515.A4347.A6 1999
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
98-053911
Series
Library of America Dashiell Hammett Edition Ser.

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Just a good classic book for all ages.
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by altdorfer15 Apr, 2009
Great book, great read. Hammett is a must read!!!!!!!
Really great to have all of Hammett's novels in one volume, and even better it is by the Library of America.

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Library of America Dashiell Hammett Edition Ser.: Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (LOA #110) : Red Harvest / the Dain Curse / the Maltese Falcon / the Glass Key / the Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett (1999, Hardcover)

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Just a good classic book for all ages.

Great book, great read. Hammett is a must read!!!!!!!