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The Dain Curse
Dashiell Hammett
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Description for The Dain Curse
Paperback. 'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMES Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMES
Miss Gabriel Dain Leggett is young and wealthy, with a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her. They die - violently.
Is she the victim of a family curse? The short, squat, utterly unsentimental Continental Op, the best private detective around, has his doubts and finds himself confronting something infinitely more dangerous.
This is the Continental Op's most bizarre case and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409138051
SKU
V9781409138051
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99-10
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 The Dain Curse
Great crime fiction started with Hammett
James Ellroy He is master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer
BOSTON GLOBE
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
One of ... Read more
James Ellroy He is master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer
BOSTON GLOBE
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
One of ... Read more