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Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett
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Description for Red Harvest
Paperback. 'An acknowledged literary landmark' Robert Graves Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
'An acknowledged literary landmark' [Robert Graves] from 'The dean of the school of hard-boiled fiction' [New York Times]
The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also called a shirt a shoit, he didn't think anything of it. Until he went there and his client, the only honest man in Poisonville, was murdered. Then the Op decided to stay to punish the guilty. And that meant taking on the entire town...
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409138082
SKU
V9781409138082
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About Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was born in Maryland, left school at 14 and had several jobs - messenger boy, newsboy, clerk, timekeeper, yardman, machine operator and stevedore - until he became an operative for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. His experiences as a private detective laid the foundations for his writing career. His work includes The Maltese Falcon, Red Harvest, The Glass ... Read more
Reviews for Red Harvest
His name remains one of the most important and recognisable in the crime fiction genre. Hammett set the standard for much of the work that would follow
INDEPENDENT
He is master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer
BOSTON GLOBE
Hammett's prose is clean and entirely unique. His characters are as ... Read more
INDEPENDENT
He is master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer
BOSTON GLOBE
Hammett's prose is clean and entirely unique. His characters are as ... Read more