American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), The Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.
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Fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Continental Op (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Private investigators, fiction, Sam Spade (Fictitious character), American Short stories, Amerikanisches Englisch, Continental op (fictitious character), fiction, English Short stories, Large type books, Nick Charles (Fictitious character), Nora Charles (Fictitious character), San francisco (calif.), fiction, American Noir fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), California, fiction, Charles, nick (fictitious character), fiction, Charles, nora (fictitious character), fiction, Continental Op (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Conto, Detective and mystery stories, American, DramaPeople
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- OLID: OL28314A
- ISNI: 0000000121393171
- VIAF: 73854531
- Wikidata: Q186335
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q186335
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- Dashiel Hammett
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| December 5, 2023 | Edited by David Scotson | Edited without comment. |
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