Dashiell Hammett

---------------------------------------------- An undisputed master of "noir" / hardboiled crime fiction, with his own quintessential laconic, super-intense and witty pulp style... plus enough excitement to fill a hundred "Godfather" trilogies, and then some. "Discovering pulp fiction now, right now, is a bit like finding a lost treasure. You are unearthing something that will entertain, enlighten, amuse, horrify, mangle, jangle, keep you riveted. Decades after they were written, these stories still manage to have an edge." --Harlan Coben ---------------------------------------------- "The Maltese Falcon" (nv) (Sam Spade) © @ Black Mask, Sep 1929 Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 --/ third place crime/noir novel --/ adventure award --/ style award --/ emotion award ---------------------------------------------- "Red Harvest" (nv) (The Continental Op #1) © @ Black Mask, Nov 1927 - Feb 1928 Alfred A. Knopf, 1929 --/ third place crime/noir novel --/ adventure award --/ style award --/ shock value --/ emotion award A definite "gushing, mind-blowing noir-gasm". Here is how Stephen from Goodreads sums it up: "This is noir at its grittiest and most violent with characters that are all shades of shady and more murders than Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and Friday the 13th... combined. Add to that an ever constant flow of so much booze-swilling that the alcohol seems to sweat off the page and you have a dark, gritty and spectacular slice of crime literature. Seriously, the only thing getting killed faster than people is the liquor…" Part 1: "The Cleansing of Poisonville" in Black Mask, November 1927 issue Part 2: "Crime Wanted - Male or Female" in Black Mask, December 1927 issue Part 3: "Dynamite" in Black Mask, January 1928 issue Part 4: "The 19th Murder" in Black Mask, February 1928 issue ---------------------------------------------- "The Thin Man" (nv) (Nick & Nora Charles Mystery) © @ Redbook, Dec 1933 - Feb 1928 Alfred A. Knopf, 1934 --/ third place crime/noir novel --/ adventure award --/ style award --/ emotion award ----------------------------------------------

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