Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and a political activist. The enduring characters he created include Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse).
PRAISE FOR THE HUNTER AND OTHER STORIES "For aficionados of the
genre, the unearthing of new Hammett stories is akin to Christians
discovering an epilogue to the New Testament. . . . These stories
are among Hammett's best. . . . [His] prose is always savvy and
sturdy, but for the man who invented 'hard-boiled, ' it can also be
surprisingly elegant."--San Francisco Chronicle "This fascinating
collection of hitherto unpublished or ungathered tales . . . will
be a treat for any fan of the father of the hardboiled detective
story."--Wall Street Journal "Hammett's talent allowed him to
create moving and realistic characters using seemingly perfunctory
details--the literary equivalent of a Picasso doodle. . . . Any
Hammett fan will surely want to peruse this."--Columbus Dispatch
"The Hunter and Other Stories caulks a crack in American
literature. . . . The non-crime stories in The Hunter and Other
Stories are good enough to make one wonder what a different kind of
writer Hammett might have become had he published these stories
before he began to make a living with crime fiction."--The Daily
Beast "Layman and Rivett have expertly introduced and edited these
stories. . . . The Hunter and Other Stories is a very good book by
a great writer. Perhaps more important, it opens a wide window upon
the creativity of one of our most important American storytellers
of the twentieth century."--Barnes & Noble Review "Very
entertaining writing. . . . This book is a must-read."--Huntington
News "Hammett uses words like scalpels to surgically reveal slivers
of seediness whether it concerns detectives or wronged men or
wronged women. If you want to discover why Sam Spade's dad burst
onto the scene like a 30s literary nova, here's your chance."--Will
Durst, Progressive Magazine "A pure pleasure to read."--Jeff Baker,
OregonLive.com "A labor of love . . . this collection is certainly
a worthy monument to an important and brilliant literary career,
one that reveals a heretofore hidden side of one of America's most
important fiction authors."--Bookreporter.com "Fans of crime writer
Dashiell Hammett . . . have been waiting decades to read the
stories collected in this book."--Publishers Weekly (boxed review)
"Fascinating."--Booklist "Tantalizing."--Detectives Beyond Borders
PRAISE FOR DASHIELL HAMMETT "An acknowledged literary
landmark."--New York Times Book Review "Hammett . . . wrote scenes
that seemed never to have been written before."--Raymond Chandler
"The exuberance of language, the relish with which seediness is
described . . . it's a pleasure to imagine young Hammett cutting
loose with whatever rascally high jinks he could cook
up."--Margaret Atwood
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