THE MALTESE FALCON

by Dashiell Hammett, The Gunston Trust (Editor)

Overview

THE MALTESE FALCON - NOVEL BY DASHIELL HAMMETT - GUNSTON CLASSICS
SEPT 1929 - Originally: serialized in the September Issue of BLACK MASK MAGAZINE - In this noir classic, detective Sam Spade is introduced and gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman . As soon as Miss Wonderly shows up, trouble follows as Sam's partner is murdered and Sam is accosted by a man demanding he locate a valuable statuette. Sam, entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue, soon realizes he must find the one thing they all seem to want: the bejeweled Maltese falcon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798331474812
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	09/09/2024
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

DASHIELL HAMMET - 1894-1961

was an American author of detective crime fiction and short stories. As a young man he started his career at the Pinkerton Detective Agency as an opertive. Hammett wrote most of his fictiom while living in San Francisco in the 1920’s using street locations and characters based on people he knew personally. He is currently known as the dean of the “hard boiled” school of detective fiction. Although his short writing career included 5 Novels, 54 short stories, 18 published collections of short stories and 4 screen plays, his most popular and memorable characters are Sam Spade (the Maltese Falcon) Nick and Nora Charles (the Thin Man) and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse)

Date of Birth:

May 27, 1894

Date of Death:

January 10, 1961

Place of Birth:

St. Mary, Maryland

Place of Death:

New York

Education:

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute