Book :: The Maltese Falcon
| By: | Dashiell Hammett |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Published: | Feb 14th, 1930 |
| Genre(s): | Mystery |
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| Noir | |
| Rating: | (9) |
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A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted...
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red13x
Really good book and other than the mention of telegrams and the lack of tech, this book is hard to date.
Dec 16th, 2021
Polilla-Lynn
Crime, suspense, and mystery - all make for a good story. A detective is hired to locate a valuable item and is faced with many difficult situations and people.
Oct 14th, 2019
Caro60
You know you are enjoying a book when you just have to keep reading it to the end. This is a great read and I just love the language style of this genre. It is unique but not dated.
Oct 5th, 2014
The Maltese Falcon appears on these lists...
56th on 100 Best Novels by Modern Library
79th on Rival 100 Best Novels by Radcliffe
83rd on Top 100 Books by Newsweek
