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Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)

Autore di Il falcone maltese

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Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born on May 27, 1894 in St Mary's County, Maryland. Raised in Baltimore and Philadelphia, he attended Baltimore Polytechnic until he was 13 years old, but was forced to drop out and work a series of jobs to help support his family. At the age of 21 Hammett was hired by mostra altro the Pinkerton National Detective Agency as an operative. After a stint in the United States Army during World War II, he married a nurse named Josephine Annas Dolan, whom he met when he fell ill with tuberculosis. In 1922, Hammett began writing for Black Mask magazine. Using his background in detective work, he created the tough guy detective characters Sam Spade and the Continental Op, as well as debonair sleuths Nick and Nora Charles. By 1927, Hammett had written the Poisonville series, which later became the novel Red Harvest. He wrote more than 85 short stories and five novels during his lifetime. The novels include The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, The Thin Man, and The Maltese Falcon, which was later adapted into a classic movie starring Humphrey Bogart. He also wrote an autobiography entitled Beams Falling: The Art of Dashiell Hammett. After his marriage faltered in the late 1920s, Hammett met Lillian Hellman, then a married 24-year-old aspiring playwright. In 1930, Hellman left her husband for Hammett. Eventually they both divorced their spouses and, although the two never married, they remained together until Hammett's death on January 10, 1961. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Dashiell Hammett

Il falcone maltese (1930) 9,172 copie
L'uomo ombra (1934) 4,275 copie
Raccolto rosso (1929) 3,016 copie
The Glass Key (1931) 2,063 copie
ˆLa ‰maledizione dei Dain (1929) 1,378 copie
Continental op (1945) 1,311 copie
La città degli incubi (1999) 565 copie
After the Thin Man [1936 film] (1936) — Original novel — 77 copie
Blood Money (1927) 71 copie
Song of the Thin Man [1947 film] (1947) — Original book — 58 copie
Secret Agent X-9 (1976) 53 copie
Fly-Paper (1980) 38 copie
Creeps by night; chills and thrills (1931) — A cura di — 37 copie
Arson Plus [Short story] (1923) 31 copie
Dead Yellow Women (1947) 30 copie
The Creeping Siamese (1950) 27 copie
L'istinto della caccia (1967) 23 copie
Detective Stories (2009) 20 copie
The Maltese Falcon (audio dramatization) (2008) — Autore — 20 copie
Watch on the Rhine [1943 film] (1943) — Screenwriter — 19 copie
Night Shots [short story] (1924) 19 copie
Mort et cie (1988) 17 copie
Vintage Hammett (2005) 15 copie
Hammett Homicides (1946) 15 copie
Interrogatoires (1900) 12 copie
Un matrimonio d'amore (2001) 10 copie
The Red Brain (1961) — A cura di — 9 copie
Der schwarze Hut (1990) 8 copie
L'apprendista assassino (2002) 8 copie
Romans (2009) 7 copie
Tres novelas policíacas (2001) 7 copie
Obras selectas (1973) 7 copie
Meistererzählungen (1989) 6 copie
Das große Umlegen (1979) 6 copie
Romanzi e racconti (2004) 6 copie
Disparos en la noche (2013) 5 copie
Breakdown and Other Thrillers — A cura di — 4 copie
I grandi gialli (1987) 4 copie
Sirca Anahtar (2014) 4 copie
The Continental Op (2022) 3 copie
Tulip 3 copie
Todas las novelas (2017) 3 copie
Seara Vermelha (2002) 3 copie
The Scorched Face — Autore — 3 copie
Selected detective prose (1985) 3 copie
Matamoscas (2018) 3 copie
Sam spade (1987) 2 copie
Le salaire du crime (1992) 2 copie
Victory Through Africa (2016) 2 copie
Flic maison (2015) 2 copie
El Precio del delito (1901) 2 copie
Zwei scharfe Messer (1997) 2 copie
Det store bankranet (1982) 2 copie
Kylmät jäähyväiset (2010) 2 copie
Cauchemar ville (1992) 2 copie
Relatos 1 copia
Un sale Bled 1 copia
Night Shade 1 copia
The Red Brain 1 copia
OBRA SELECTA 1 copia
Faith 1 copia
UN OM SUBTIRE 1 copia
ROMANZI 1 copia
1991 1 copia
New Hammett 1 copia
Lep na muchy 1 copia
Hokuspokus (1964) 1 copia
Ceifa vermelha (1929) 1 copia
Město děsu (2000) 1 copia
Krvavé povídky (1999) 1 copia
On the way (2016) 1 copia
První hubený muž (2001) 1 copia
Piege a filles (1970) 1 copia
Omnibus 1 copia
El Rapto (1995) 1 copia
Sokol maltanski (2016) 1 copia
Hollywood Story (2002) 1 copia
The Thin Man 1 copia
The Big Knockover (1927) 1 copia

Opere correlate

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (2007) — Collaboratore — 537 copie
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000) — Collaboratore — 455 copie
The Maltese Falcon [1941 film] (1941) — Original book — 415 copie
The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction (1996) — Collaboratore — 235 copie
Crocevia Della Morte (1990) — Original stories — 209 copie
Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (1995) — Collaboratore — 183 copie
Yojimbo [1961 film] (1961) — Original novel — 152 copie
The Thin Man [1934 film] (1934) — Original book — 133 copie
Great Modern Reading (1943) — Collaboratore — 107 copie
The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics (2008) — Collaboratore — 104 copie
The Pulps: Fifty Years of American Pop Culture (1970) — Collaboratore — 103 copie
Ten Great Mysteries (1959) — Collaboratore — 103 copie
A New Omnibus of Crime (1771) — Collaboratore — 97 copie
The Fantastic Pulps (1975) — Collaboratore — 71 copie
Ross Macdonald Selects Great Stories of Suspense (1974) — Collaboratore — 70 copie
20 Stories Pulp Fictions (1996) — Collaboratore — 69 copie
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000) — Collaboratore — 69 copie
Murderous Schemes (1996) — Collaboratore — 58 copie
San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics (2009) — Collaboratore — 47 copie
The Bedside Tales: A Gay Collection (1945) — Collaboratore — 46 copie
The Glass Key [1942 film] (1942) — Original book — 38 copie
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1993) — Collaboratore — 34 copie
Rogues' Gallery: The Great Criminals of Modern Fiction (1945) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
Sporting Blood: The Great Sports Detective Stories (1942) — Collaboratore — 25 copie
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries (2019) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
Great detective stories (1998) — Collaboratore — 20 copie
Ellery Queen's Twentieth Century Detective Stories (1964) — Collaboratore — 19 copie
Trial and Terror (1973) — Collaboratore — 15 copie
Great American Detective Stories (1945) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
Great Tales of Crime and Detection (1992) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Murder Without Tears (1946) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense 1974 Volume 2 (1974) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Murder for the Millions (1946) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Sorte orkideer : 13 korte kriminalromaner (1988) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Den kriminelle novelle (1999) — Autore, alcune edizioni5 copie
Verdens største detektiver II (1995) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Giant Mystery Reader (1951) — Autore — 5 copie
Verdens største detektiver I (1995) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
150 anni in Giallo (1989) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
The Maltese Falcon [1931 film] (1931) — Original novel — 2 copie
Great Stories of Detection (1960) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Best Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1944) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
American Detective Stories (1943) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Horror and Homicide (1949) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The Avon Annual 1945: 18 Great Modern Stories (1945) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Best film plays, 1943-44 (1977) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Appendici in giallo 1 (racconti) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
15 Great Stories of Today (1946) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Antoloxia Do Relato Policial (aula Das Letras) (2013) — Autore, alcune edizioni1 copia
Creasey Mystery Magazine (Vol. 4, Issue 7) (1956) — Collaboratore — 1 copia

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November 2014: Dashiell Hammett in Monthly Author Reads (Dicembre 2014)

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Sara and Kurt Muller and their three children are returning to her mother’s home in Washington DC after 18 years in Europe. A Romanian Count living there discovers Kurt’s attache case full of money. He also finds out from friends at the German Embassy that Kurt is working with an anti-Nazi underground group in Germany. He tries to blackmail Kurt. Kurt shoots him and must flee. When Sara hears no more of Kurt, she knows that her oldest son Joshua will soon leave to work in the underground. (fonte: imdb)… (altro)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | Oct 1, 2020 |
Il mitico thriller tanto rinomato e citato non mi ha particolarmente emozionato. Forse l'aspettativa era troppo alta.
 
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permario | 279 altre recensioni | Dec 24, 2015 |

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Statistiche

Opere
318
Opere correlate
69
Utenti
28,969
Popolarità
#689
Voto
3.9
Recensioni
806
ISBN
797
Lingue
26
Preferito da
151

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