The Continental Op (Picador Books) - Softcover
The Continental Op, the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives, unravels a murder with too many clues and tangles with a crooked-eared gunman in these stories.
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...the Continental Op features in seven superb stories in this collection. Please, dear reader, I beg you, buy this book and treat yourself to the work of a true master of the crime genre. (Vincent Banville IRISH TIMES)
Orion's magnificent Crime Masterworks series ...has collected seven of the finest Continental Op short stories in a single volume... It is a magnificent collection, marking year zero in the hard-boiled school of crime fiction... Hugely recommended. (BURTON EVENING MAIL)
'Some of the best examples of Hammett's work, painting a bleak picture of an American society warped by brutality, greed and treachery.' (WESTERN DAILY PRESS)
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Orion's magnificent Crime Masterworks series ...has collected seven of the finest Continental Op short stories in a single volume... It is a magnificent collection, marking year zero in the hard-boiled school of crime fiction... Hugely recommended. (BURTON EVENING MAIL)
'Some of the best examples of Hammett's work, painting a bleak picture of an American society warped by brutality, greed and treachery.' (WESTERN DAILY PRESS)
'An acknowledged literary landmark' Robert Graves
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 033028195X
- ISBN 13 9780330281959
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Paperback reprint. 255pp. Introduction by Steven Marcus. 7 classic stories. A fine copy in the original colour pictorial paper covers. Seller Inventory # 4515
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Book Description Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60146359: 1984. In-8. Broché. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 255 pages. Quelques rousseurs. Texte en anglais. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Seller Inventory # RO60146359
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