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R.I.P., Sam Spade Jr.
Joe Gores was the son Dashiell Hammett never had. An accomplished mystery writer in his own right, Gores devoted two books to channeling the father of hard-boiled detective fiction: the 1975 novel Hammett, and the 2009 prequel to The Maltese … Continue reading
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