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Dashiell Hammett - Dain Curse, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Dain Curse

Av Dashiell Hammett

Del 601 i serien Murder Room

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'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMESMiss Gabriel Dain Leggett is young and wealthy, with a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her. They die - violently. Is she the victim of a family curse? The short, squat, utterly unsentimental Continental Op, the best private detective around, has his doubts and finds himself confronting something infinitely more dangerous.This is the Continental Op's most bizarre case and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2012-02-02
  • Mått: 129 x 197 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 238 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Murder Room
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Förlag: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781409138051
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Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was born in Maryland, left school at 14 and had several jobs - messenger boy, newsboy, clerk, timekeeper, yardman, machine operator and stevedore - until he became an operative for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. His experiences as a private detective laid the foundations for his writing career. His work includes The Maltese Falcon, Red Harvest, The Glass Key, The Thin Man and some eighty short stories, mostly published in Black Mask magazine.

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