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Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett

Born May 27, 1894 · Died January 10, 1961

From Baltimore, Maryland, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Wikipedia

American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), The Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.

Quotes

  • “All successful bunko men come in time to believe the world, except for themselves, is populated with a race of human sheep who may be trusted to conduct themselves with true sheeplike docility.”
    Short Stories
  • “Did it ever occur to you that everybody is more or less afraid of nearly everything, and that courage isn’t a damn thing but a habit of not dodging things because you’re afraid of them?”
    Short Stories
  • “The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.”
    The Thin Man
  • “I didn’t know then, and I don’t know now, whether she was the owner of the world’s best poker face or was just naturally stupid, but whichever she was, she was thoroughly and completely it.”
    Short Stories
  • “The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”
    The Maltese Falcon, Chapter 12

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Dashiell Hammett in order

Books by Dashiell Hammett in the order they were published, from Red Harvest (1929) to The Big Book of the Continental Op (2017).

  1. 1Red HarvestRed Harvest1929
  2. 2The Maltese FalconThe Maltese Falcon1929
  3. 3The Dain CurseThe Dain Curse1929
  4. 4The Glass KeyThe Glass Key1931
  5. 5Thin ManThin Man1934
  6. 6Blood MoneyBlood Money1943
  7. 7The Adventures of Sam SpadeThe Adventures of Sam Spade1944
  8. 8Nightmare TownNightmare Town1948
  9. 9Histoires de détectives, tome 1Histoires de détectives, tome 12002
  10. 10Histoires de détectives, tome 2Histoires de détectives, tome 22002
  11. 11Lost StoriesLost Stories2005
  12. 12Vintage HammettVintage Hammett2005
  13. 13Return of the Thin ManReturn of the Thin Man2012
  14. 14Hunter and Other StoriesHunter and Other Stories2013
  15. 15Secret Agent X-9Secret Agent X-92015
  16. 16The Big Book of the Continental OpThe Big Book of the Continental Op2017
  17. 17Complete NovelsComplete Novels
  18. 18Dashiell Hammett: Five Complete NovelsDashiell Hammett: Five Complete Novels
  19. 19The Big KnockoverThe Big Knockover
  20. 20The Continental OpThe Continental Op
    What's in it (7)
    • The Tenth Clew
    • The Golden Horseshoe
    • The House in Turk Street
    • The Girl with the Silver Eyes
    • The Whosis Kid
    • The Main Death
    • The Farewell Murder
  21. 21The Novels of Dashiell HammettThe Novels of Dashiell Hammett
  22. 22Woman in the DarkWoman in the Dark

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