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Erik Larson on ‘The Maltese Falcon’: Best. Novel. Ever?
The Wall Street Journal’s Book Club has a real doozy this week: hardboiled author Eric Larson on the father of hardboiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett. ‘One of the Best Novels, Period’ There was a time when Erik Larson could recite from memory an … Continue reading
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Tagged Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Caspar Gutman, Chicago World's Fair, cinema noir, Dashiell Hammett, Eric Larson, Goodreads, hard-boiled detective novels, Homer, Humphrey Bogart, Joel Cairo, John Huson, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Raymond Chandler, Sam Spade, Sydney Greenstreet, The Devil in the White City, The Maltese Falcon, Virgil, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Book Club
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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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Tagged Dashiell Hammett, Hammett, Homer, Joe Gores, New York Times, Raymond Chandler, Spade & Archer, Virgil
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