The Maltese Falcon

Name: The Maltese Falcon
Author: Dashiell Hammett
ISBN: 9780593311905

by Dashiell Hammett

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ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A special edition of this coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy. A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and t...

First published 1929241 pages

813

Category: Mystery
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 4
Editions known: 1

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 813813.52
Library of Congress (LCC): PS3515.A4347 M3 1992PS3515.A4347 M316 1967PS3515.A4347M3 2025PS3515.A4347M3x 1984

Subjects

American Detective and mystery storiesCalifornia, fictionFicc ʹa o,FicciónFictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalFiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiledHard-boiled detectivesInvestigadores privadosLarge type booksLiteratura,Long Now Manual for Civilization

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ISBN 9780593311905English

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First published1929

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