“Hammett was spare, hard-boiled, but he did over and over what only the best writers can ever do. He wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.”
— Raymond Chandler
“Hammett’s prose was clean and entirely unique. His characters were as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction.”
— The New York Times
“Dashiell Hammett is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer.”
— Boston Globe
“As a novelist of realistic intrigue, Hammett was unsurpassed in his own or any time.”
— Ross Macdonald
“Dashiell Hammett’s dialogues can be compared only with the best in Hemingway.”
— André Gide
“Hammett is one of the best contemporary American writers.”
— Gertrude Stein
The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest
Year
2000
Pages
696
Praise
“Hammett was spare, hard-boiled, but he did over and over what only the best writers can ever do. He wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.”
— Raymond Chandler
“Hammett’s prose was clean and entirely unique. His characters were as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction.”
— The New York Times
“Dashiell Hammett is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer.”
— Boston Globe
“As a novelist of realistic intrigue, Hammett was unsurpassed in his own or any time.”
— Ross Macdonald
“Dashiell Hammett’s dialogues can be compared only with the best in Hemingway.”
— André Gide
“Hammett is one of the best contemporary American writers.”
— Gertrude Stein
Description
What to read after The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest.
Tell us what you’re craving.
