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Dashiell Hammett

1894-05-27 - 1961-01-10

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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  • Cover of: Collita roja

    First published in 1993 1 edition
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  • Cover of: El hombre delgado

    First published in 1993 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Muerte y cía

    First published in 1989 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: El precio del delito

    First published in 1990 1 edition
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  • Cover of: El precio del delito

    First published in 1990 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: קציר דמים

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  • Cover of: Todos los cuentos

    First published in 2017 1 edition
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    First published in 2021 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Zigzags of Treachery: The Complete Black Mask Cases of the Continental Op, Volume 1

    First published in 2023 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Maruta no taka

    First published in 2013 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Hunter and other stories

    First published in 2013 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Le meurtre de Farewell

    First published in 1994 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Cuentos policiales de la Serie negra

    First published in 1969 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Modern tales of horror

    First published in 1932 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: First Cases of the Continental Op: Five Black Mask Stories

    First published in 2019 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Arson Plus

    First published in 2013 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A la morgue: et autres histoires noires

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: La ragazza dagli occhi d'argento

    First published in 1997 1 edition
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Subjects
American Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Private investigators, Private investigators, fiction, Continental op (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Continental Op (Fictitious character), Sam Spade (Fictitious character), Large type books, Nick Charles (Fictitious character), United states, fiction, Nora Charles (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Fiction in English, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Charles, nick (fictitious character), fiction, Charles, nora (fictitious character), fiction, Drama, Married people, Short stories, Women detectives, American Short stories, Amerikanisches Englisch
Places
United States, San Francisco (Calif.), California, San Francisco, 221B Baker Street, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Islands (Alaska), Bohemia, Calcutta, Charing Cross railway station, Church of St. Monica, Edgware Road, England, Estados Unidos, India, London, New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), Paris, Scandinavia, Surrey, Warsaw
People
C. Auguste Dupin, Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meiningen, Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), Godfrey Norton, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Irene Adler, John H. Watson, Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Sam Spade, Sherlock Holmes, Stroke Moran, Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein
Time
1888, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century

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January 18, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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