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Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett

Naissance 27 mai 1894 · Décès 10 janvier 1961

Originaire de Baltimore, Maryland, United States · Nationalité : United States · Écrit de la fiction et des essais

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Écrivain américain de romans policiers noirs et de nouvelles. Parmi les personnages qu'il a créés figurent Sam Spade (Le Faucon de Malte), Nick et Nora Charles (L'Introuvable), le Continental Op (Moisson rouge et La Malédiction des Dain) et le personnage de bande dessinée Secret Agent X-9.

Citations

  • “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 StoriesEn anglais
  • “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 StoriesEn anglais
  • “The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.”
    The Thin ManEn anglais
  • “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 StoriesEn anglais
  • “The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”
    The Maltese Falcon, Chapter 12En anglais

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Les livres de Dashiell Hammett dans l'ordre

Les livres de Dashiell Hammett dans l'ordre de parution, de La Moisson Rouge (1929) à The Big Book of the Continental Op (2017).

  1. 1La Moisson RougeLa Moisson Rouge1929
  2. 2Le faucon de MalteLe faucon de Malte1929
  3. 3The Dain CurseThe Dain Curse1929
  4. 4La Clé de verreLa Clé de verre1931
  5. 5L' IntrouvableL' Introuvable1934
  6. 6Blood MoneyBlood Money1943
  7. 7The Adventures of Sam SpadeThe Adventures of Sam Spade1944
  8. 8Nightmare TownNightmare Town1948
  9. 9Le Sac de CouffignalLe Sac de Couffignal2000
  10. 10Papier Tue-mouchesPapier Tue-mouches2002
  11. 11Lost StoriesLost Stories2005
  12. 12Vintage HammettVintage Hammett2005
  13. 13The Return Of The Thin ManThe Return 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
    Ce qu'il contient (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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