Dashiell Hammett: The Big Knockover

Cover: 9780679722595 | The Big Knockover | Selected Stories and Short Novels | Hammett | Buch

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Beschreibung

Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, and in The Big Knockover the jobs entail taking on a gang of modern-day freebooters, a vice-ridden hell's acre in the Arizona desert, and the bank job to end all bank jobs, along with such assorted grifters as Babe McCloor, Bluepoint Vance, Alphabet Shorty McCoy, and the Dis-and-Dat Kid.

Über den Autor

Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was a pioneering American writer who created the hard-boiled school of detective fiction, introducing characters like Sam Spade and Nick and Nora Charles. Drawing on his experience as a Pinkerton detective, Hammett's novels such as The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man set new standards for realism and style in crime literature. His works had a lasting impact on both literature and film, especially in shaping the film noir genre.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1989
Genre:	Importe , Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780679722595
ISBN-10:	0679722599
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hammett, Dashiell
Redaktion:	Hellman, Lillian Stone, Jeff
Hersteller:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 132 x 26 mm
Von/Mit:	Dashiell Hammett
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.07.1989
Gewicht:	0,533 kg