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Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 - Author
London : Everyman Publishers, 2000 - xliii, 644 s.
ISBN 1-85715-263-8
The Millennium Library Everyman's Library ;
Polito, Robert, - Author of introduction
detektivní romány americké rományCall number C 161.638 Title statement The Maltese falcon ; The thin man ; Red harvest / Dashiell Hammett ; with an introduction by Robert Polito Main entry-name Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 (Author) Issue data London : Everyman Publishers, 2000 Phys.des. xliii, 644 s. ISBN 1-85715-263-8 Edition Millennium Library Everyman's Library (Everyman Publishers) ; 263 Another responsib. Polito, Robert, 1951- (Author of introduction)
Form, Genre detektivní romány * americké romány Conspect 821.111(73)-3 - Americká próza UDC (0:82-312.4) , 821.111(73)-31 Country Velká Británie Language angličtina Document kind BOOKS THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) set the standard by which the private eye genre is judged. Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure worth killing for, before the Fat Man finds him? Zdroj anotace: Web obalkyknih.czLoading…
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