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THE MALTESE FALCON. - Hardboiled crime novel, Vintage Book # V-772);

THE MALTESE FALCON. - Hardboiled crime novel, Vintage Book # V-772);

THE MALTESE FALCON. - Hardboiled crime novel, Vintage Book # V-772);
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THE MALTESE FALCON. - Hardboiled crime novel, Vintage Book # V-772);

by Hammett, Dashiell. (editor) Lillian Hellman (intro);

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9780394717722
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USA: Vintage Books, 1972. Book. Illus. by ADAMS Cover art!. Good to Very Good.. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 196 pages. " A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O?Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett?s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted three generations of readers. " >>Cover creasing; wear to bottom of paper spine; glue residue to title page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..

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The Maltese Falcon , author Dashiell Hammett’s third novel, set the standard by which all subsequent detective fiction would be judged. Set in San Francisco in the late 1920s, the novel introduces us to private detective Sam Spade, who characterizes the archetype of the hard-boiled detective in his dead-pan pursuit of the recovery of a black figurine. Having worked for a time for the Pinkerton Detective Agency in San Francisco, Hammett reportedly drew upon his years as a detective in creating Spade and many of the other characters for The Maltese Falcon . The Maltese Falcon was originally serialized in HL Mencken’s “pulp” magazine, Black Mask, beginning with the September 1929 issue. For publication of the book form, editor Blanche Knopf tried to tone down the overt sexuality of the magazine version, fearing the references would alienate readers, but Hammett prevailed. However, the 1941 film adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor (the best known of the novel’s three film versions) excised the homosexual subtext of the novel due to Production Code restraints. Today, the movie is considered a film noir classic and the novel is ranked 56th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century as well as 54th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels. -

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Title
THE MALTESE FALCON. - Hardboiled crime novel, Vintage Book # V-772);
Author
Hammett, Dashiell. (editor) Lillian Hellman (intro);
Illustrator
ADAMS Cover art!
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Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Good to Very Good.
Edition
First Edition By This Publisher.
ISBN 10
0394717724
ISBN 13
9780394717722
Publisher
Vintage Books
Place of Publication
USA
Date Published
1972

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