The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, and Selected Stories

by Dashiell Hammett

Other authorsJames Ellroy (Introduction)
Hardcover, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

813.52

Collection

Publication

Everyman's Library (2007), Hardcover, 664 pages

Description

A compilation of works by one of the most popular writers of American, hard-boiled crime fiction features the tough, antihero detective, the Continental Op, who narrates four linked stories and the novel, "The Dain Curse."

User reviews

LibraryThing member Stahl-Ricco
The Continental Op is the man! With this collection, he may very well have taken over Philip Marlowe as my favorite private dick!

The only thing keeping this collection from getting 5 stars was that I did not love "The Glass Key". Otherwise, bravo!!!

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

664 p.; 7.6 inches

ISBN

0307266699 / 9780307266699
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