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Author |
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 (Editor) |
Title |
The big knockover |
Subtitle |
selected stories and short novels |
Publish Date |
1989 |
Publisher |
Vintage Books |
ISBN |
0679722599 |
Series |
Vintage crime |
Type |
Fiction (Paper) |
LC Call # |
PS3515.A4347B5 1989 |
Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction Short stories |
Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, American Continental Op (Fictitious character)--Fiction |
Synopsis |
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-day freebooters, a vice-ridden hell's acre in the Arizona desert, and the bank job to end all bank jobs, along with such assorted grifters as Babe McCloor, Bluepoint Vance, Alphabet Shorty McCoy, and the Dis-and-Dat Kid.
A one-time detective and a master of deft understatement, Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hard-boiled crime novel.
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Sections |
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The gutting of Couffignal |
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Fly paper |
3.
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The scorched face |
4.
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This King business |
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The Gatewood caper |
6.
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Dead yellow woman |
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Corkscrew |
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Tulip |
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The big knockover |
10.
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$106,000 blood money |
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