The Dain Curse: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 23 original MP3 tracks, 7:09:21 running time and a link to listen.
The Dain Curse, 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 Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett. Read in English by Mark Nelson. A supposed family curse. Stolen diamonds. Drugs and a religious cult. The Continental Op has his hands full while again the bodies pile up and the truth is buried beneath a mountain of lies. The Dain Curse is the second Dashiell Hammett novel featuring his iconic hard-boiled private detective, the Continental Op. - Summary by The Narrator
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Dain Curse
- Author credits: Dashiell Hammett
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 23
- Listed recording duration: 7:09:21
Catalogue topics
- dashiell hammett
- continental op
- noir crime
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 1: Eight Diamonds — 13:36
- 02 - Chapter 2: Long-nose — 12:57
- 03 - Chapter 3: Something Black — 22:38
- 04 - Chapter 4: The Vague Harpers — 9:35
- 05 - Chapter 5: Gabrielle — 25:53
- 06 - Chapter 6: The Man from Devil's Island — 11:37
- 07 - Chapter 7: The Curse — 20:01
- 08 - Chapter 8: But and If — 8:17
- 09 - Chapter 9: Tad's Blind Man — 17:58
- 10 - Chapter 10: Dead Flowers — 22:27
- 11 - Chapter 11: God — 22:09
- 12 - Chapter 12: The Unholy Grail — 22:49
- 13 - Chapter 13: The Cliff Road — 19:28
- 14 - Chapter 14: The Crumpled Chrysler — 17:51
- 15 - Chapter 15: I've Killed Him — 18:10
- 16 - Chapter 16: The Night Hunt — 20:47
- 17 - Chapter 17: Below Dull Point — 16:24
- 18 - Chapter 18: The Pineapple — 14:24
- 19 - Chapter 19: The Degenerate — 23:00
- 20 - Chapter 20: The House in the Cove — 23:49
- 21 - Chapter 21: Aaronia Haldorn — 21:33
- 22 - Chapter 22: Confessional — 24:32
- 23 - Chapter 23: The Circus — 19:26
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