The Maltese falcon: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
The Maltese falcon: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Maltese falcon is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Hammett, Dashiell (1894–1961).
Catalogue synopsis
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The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue. The story is told entirely in external third-person narrative; there is no description whatsoever of any character's thoughts or feelings, only what they say and do, and how they look. The novel has been adapted several times for the cinema. It is considered part of the hardboiled genre, which Hammett played a major part in popularizing. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Maltese falcon
- Author credits: Hammett, Dashiell (1894–1961)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Detective and mystery stories
- Private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
- Spade, Sam (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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