The hunter and other stories /
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961,
The hunter and other stories / Dashiell Hammett ; edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett. - vi, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Crime. The hunter The sign of the potent pills The diamond wager Action and the Quiz Kid Men. Fragments of justice A throne for the worm Magic Faith An inch and a half of glory Nelson Redline Monk and Johnny Fox The cure Men and women. Seven pages The breech-born The lovely strangers Week--end On the way Screen stories. The kiss-off Devil's playground On the make The lost Spade. A knife will cut for anybody Introduction -- Commentary -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (1929, uncollected) -- (unpublished) -- Commentary -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (2007) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (2011, uncollected) -- Commentary -- (2005) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (1932, uncollected) -- Commentary -- (unpublished, story for City Streets, Paramount 1931) -- (unpublished and unproduced) -- (unpublished, story for Mr.Dynamite, Universal, 1935) -- Appendix: Commentary -- (unpublished) -- Afterword.
An anthology of eighteen short stories includes a number of previously unpublished pieces as well as early screen treatments for "On the Make" and "The Kiss-Off."
0802121586 9780802121585 : $25.00
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Short stories, American.
Detective and mystery stories.
Mystery fiction.
Short stories.
The hunter and other stories / Dashiell Hammett ; edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett. - vi, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Crime. The hunter The sign of the potent pills The diamond wager Action and the Quiz Kid Men. Fragments of justice A throne for the worm Magic Faith An inch and a half of glory Nelson Redline Monk and Johnny Fox The cure Men and women. Seven pages The breech-born The lovely strangers Week--end On the way Screen stories. The kiss-off Devil's playground On the make The lost Spade. A knife will cut for anybody Introduction -- Commentary -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (1929, uncollected) -- (unpublished) -- Commentary -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (2007) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (2011, uncollected) -- Commentary -- (2005) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (unpublished) -- (1932, uncollected) -- Commentary -- (unpublished, story for City Streets, Paramount 1931) -- (unpublished and unproduced) -- (unpublished, story for Mr.Dynamite, Universal, 1935) -- Appendix: Commentary -- (unpublished) -- Afterword.
An anthology of eighteen short stories includes a number of previously unpublished pieces as well as early screen treatments for "On the Make" and "The Kiss-Off."
0802121586 9780802121585 : $25.00
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Short stories, American.
Detective and mystery stories.
Mystery fiction.
Short stories.