Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2Frank Northen Magill Salem Press, 1988 - 1748 pages Presents critical studies of more than 270 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. |
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... Hammett as the protagonist . " The novel is set in 1928 in San Francisco , with its speakeasies , mobsters , and political corruption . Hammett has quit detecting . He is working on The Maltese Falcon and editing The Dain Curse ...
... Hammett as the protagonist . " The novel is set in 1928 in San Francisco , with its speakeasies , mobsters , and political corruption . Hammett has quit detecting . He is working on The Maltese Falcon and editing The Dain Curse ...
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... Hammett was born Samuel Dashiell Hammett on May 27 , 1894 , in St. Mary's County , Maryland , to Richard and Annie Bond Hammett . The family moved first to Philadelphia and then to Baltimore , where Hammett attended public school and ...
... Hammett was born Samuel Dashiell Hammett on May 27 , 1894 , in St. Mary's County , Maryland , to Richard and Annie Bond Hammett . The family moved first to Philadelphia and then to Baltimore , where Hammett attended public school and ...
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... Hammett , 1984 . Gregory , Sinda . Private Investigations : The Novels of Dashiell Hammett , 1984 . Johnson , Diane . Dashiell Hammett : A Life , 1983 . Layman , Richard . Dashiell Hammett : A Descriptive Bibliography , 1979 . • Shadow ...
... Hammett , 1984 . Gregory , Sinda . Private Investigations : The Novels of Dashiell Hammett , 1984 . Johnson , Diane . Dashiell Hammett : A Life , 1983 . Layman , Richard . Dashiell Hammett : A Descriptive Bibliography , 1979 . • Shadow ...
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