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Dashiell Hammett

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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Born 1894-05-27
Died 1961-01-10

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  • Cover of: Papier tue-mouches

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Ein Mann namens Spade.

    First published in 2002 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Four Great Novels, the (Picador Books)

    First published in 1982 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Le dixième indice et autres enquêtes du Continental Op

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lost Stories (The Ace Performer Collection series)

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The novels of Dashiell Hammett

    First published in 1965 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Complete novels: Red harvest ; The Dain curse ; The Maltese falcon ; The glass key ; The thin man

    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Hunter and other stories

    First published in 2013 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Oxford book of detective stories

    First published in 2000 — 1 edition
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Born 1894-05-27
Died 1961-01-10

Subjects

Fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Continental Op (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Large type books, Private investigators, fiction, Nick Charles (Fictitious character), Nora Charles (Fictitious character), Sam Spade (Fictitious character), American Short stories, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Amerikanisches Englisch, Charles, nick (fictitious character), fiction, Charles, nora (fictitious character), fiction, Continental op (fictitious character), fiction, Detective and mystery stories, English Short stories, Fiction in English, Married people, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Translations into Russian, Women detectives, American Noir fiction

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United States, California, Estados Unidos, New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), San Francisco, San Francisco (Calif.)

People

Sam Spade

Time

1930s, 1940s

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Alternative names

  • Dashiel Hammett

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January 18, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
December 5, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Edited without comment.
September 27, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
September 27, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import