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The Big Knockover : Selected Stories and Short Novels (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
The Big Knockover Selected Stories and Short Novels - Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, and in The Big Knockover the jobs entail taking on a gang of modern...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679722595
ISBN-10: 0679722599
Publication Date: 7/17/1989
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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A master at writing quintessential "American" crime novels and stories Dashiell Hammett's style is straight forward, clean, and unrelenting.


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