The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels

by Dashiell Hammett

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MarquesadeFlambe | Jan 18, 2007 |

Lillian Hellman's introduction/eulogy of Hammett is one of the most beautifully written things I've ever read. The rest of the book is pretty goddamn good, too. (

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