Description
FEATURING THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED THE AMC SERIES STARRING CLIVE OWEN ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE‘S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance–a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.*With a new introduction by Richard Russo*
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 7/17/1989
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46 lbs
Size: 8.01″ H x 5.26″ L x 0.6″ W
ISBN: 9780679722649
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.