The Maltese Falcon
- ISBN-10
- 0307767515
- ISBN-13
- 9780307767516
- Series
- The Maltese Falcon
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-12-29
- Publisher
- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
- Author
- Dashiell Hammett
Description
A coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. 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 iconic, influential, and beloved The Maltese Falcon.
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