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The Continental Op: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 5 original MP3 tracks, 2:50:38 running time and a link to listen.

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The Continental Op, credited to Dashiell Hammett, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett. Read in English by Mark Nelson. The Continental Op - no hard-boiled private detective has ever been boiled harder. The nameless Pinkerton op from the Continental Detective Agency in San Francisco. Sam Spade before the was a Sam Spade. Five tales from the pages of Black Mask Magazine. Gangsters, molls, gats and goons — everything noir. - Summary by Mark Nelson

Recording facts

  • Recording title: The Continental Op
  • Author credits: Dashiell Hammett
  • Language: English
  • Original MP3 tracks: 5
  • Listed recording duration: 2:50:38

Catalogue topics

  • Crime
  • private detective
  • continental op
  • noir
  • hammett

Track guide

  1. 01 - Arson Plus — 40:29
  2. 02 - Crooked Souls — 35:52
  3. 03 - Slippery Fingers — 27:57
  4. 04 - It — 31:18
  5. 05 - Bodies Piled Up — 35:02

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Source and rights

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