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The Big Knockover: Selected Stories & Short Novels
The Big Knockover Selected Stories Short Novels
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, and in The Big Knockover, the jobs entail taking on a gang of mode...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394718293
ISBN-10: 0394718291
Publication Date: 10/12/1972
Pages: 458
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Publisher: Vintage Books
Book Type: Paperback
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love this, esp. the intro by HELLMAN
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It's Hammett. What else is there to say?


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