The Maltese Falcon

Name: The Maltese Falcon
Author: Dashiell Hammett

by Dashiell Hammett

Hard-boiled detective novel of a private investigator searching for a priceless falcon statuette

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Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett pioneered hard-boiled detective fiction, drawing on his real-life experience as a Pinkerton detective. His lean, unsentimental prose and morally ambiguous characters transformed the detective story from a puzzle into a social document. Sam Spade and the Continental Op remain two of crime fiction's most iconic characters.

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