Blogs about: Dashiell Hammett
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The Nobel Prize’s literature judge says that American writers are too “insular.” But what does some dumb foreigner know? Hubris alert: Big-name venture capitalist Tom Perkins has bui… more →
Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes
Woman in the Dark by Dashiell Hammett
jjlibling wrote 10 hours ago: First Published: Liberty Magazine (3 instalments), 1933 Edition Read: Vintage Crime, 1989 ISBN: 0-67 … more →
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
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dustedoff wrote 15 hours ago: This probably sounds really weird, but The Maltese Falcon (based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett) rem … more →
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
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BookishlyFab wrote 1 week ago: This month’s book club selection was The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. I have to admit … more →
Ellroy Prefers Sam to Phil
Taylor Bright wrote 3 weeks ago: From the most recent issue of The Paris Review: INTERVIEWER You’ve called Dashiell Hammett “tremendo … more →
Farewell, My Ghostly
frankandbeanz wrote 4 weeks ago: The Diaries of Osmond Finger, Ghost Detective Monday 11:45 am. Office. Attempt to smoke cigarette an … more →
Drastic Drop for 33 Dashiell Hammett
insidesfre wrote 4 weeks ago: Last sold in 2007 for $1,295,000, 33 Dashiell Hammett went on a resale campaign beginning in early 2 … more →
Excerpt one From "The Golden Book On Writing" By David Lambuth Circa 1923
BJ Halliday Crawley wrote 1 month ago: ” A Pale Green Mermaid Blog “ David Lambuth was a Professor at Dartmouth College, he and … more →
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
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jjlibling wrote 1 month ago: First Published: Harper Collins, 2007 Edition Read: Harper Collins, 2007 ISBN: 978 0 00 714982 7 *** … more →
Film: The Maltese Falcon
Robin Chalkley wrote 1 month ago: Bogart and Astor on the poster, not Lorre and Greenstreet. Duh. Uploaded by content.artofmanliness.c … more →
Where There's a Will by Rex Stout
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jjlibling wrote 1 month ago: First Published: Farra & Rinehart, 1940 Edition Read: Bantam Books, 1992 ISBN: 0 533 76301 6 Ser … more →
Writing A Hardbolied Detective Book - Advice From 1923
BJ Halliday Crawley wrote 2 months ago: ” A Pale Green Mermaid Blog “ For the next three months I will be posting excerpts fro … more →
James M. Cain's Beachwood Years: A Hard-Boiled Writer in Hollywoodland
underthehollywoodsign wrote 3 months ago: James M. Cain (1892-1977) came late to the writing that would earn him lasting fame; his first novel … more →
Repost: Review: Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett
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rdjahn wrote 4 months ago: Originally posted — on my old blog — on April 10th: Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Ham … more →
The Dame With The Necklace - "Song of The Thin Man"
mysmallpotatoes wrote 5 months ago: Just a quick post today, as an afternoon showing of Transformers 2 is calling my name. My lady-fair … more →
A new reading list, and some incomplete reviews (14/6/09)
guysalvidge wrote 5 months ago: Well, my resolution to read and review the three books on my list has been a complete failure, as I … more →
Interview: Mickey Spillane
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fromlaurelstreet wrote 5 months ago: By 1980 seven of Mickey Spillane’s crime novels were among the top 15 all-time bestselling fic … more →
Thoughts on Dashiell Hammett
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jonjermey wrote 5 months ago: I’m finishing reading a collection of short stories by Dashiell Hammett and I’d like to … more →
Sam Spade v. Humphrey Bogart
redkingbookmakers wrote 5 months ago: Welcome to the first in a series of weekly literary trivia, tidbits, and useless factoids. A lot of … more →
No.
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bookslide wrote 6 months ago: No, you should NOT reboot Buffy the Vampire Slayer. No, Prop 8. No, my final project is NOT coming t … more →
