“The Maltese Falcon” by Dashiell Hammett was the novel that created the hard boiled private eye genre. Hammett was a real life Pinkerton operative before turning to writing. He served in WW1 and WW2 and ended up in jail because he refused to name names during the Red Scare.
“The Maltese Falcon” by Dashiell Hammett was the novel that created the hard boiled private eye genre. Hammett was a real life Pinkerton operative before turning to writing. He served in WW1 and WW2 and ended up in jail because he refused to name names during the Red Scare.
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