The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
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Hammett's continental op - tough, tired, intelligent, a snap-brimmed Sir Galahad with a Browning - was the prototype for a whole new tradition of private eye thrillers.Here are ten of his classic suspense stories from the twenties and thirties - selected and introduced by Lillian Hellman.The Gutting of Couffignal (35p)Fly Paper (36p)The Scorched Face (41p)This King Business (56p)The Gatewood Caper (18p)Dead Yellow Women (58p)Corkscrew (54p)Tulip (48p)The Big Knockover (57p)$106,000 Blood Money (?)
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