by Dashiell Hammett · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420637587
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«El halcón maltés» is the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett, published by Alianza in paperback (263 pages, in Spanish).
Detective Sam Spade investigates in San Francisco the reappearance of a falcon-shaped statuette, a gift from the Order of Malta to Charles V in 1530. Several criminals want to get their hands on the piece, and the search unleashes betrayals, murders and violence that Spade resolves with his own moral code.
Work originally published in 1930 as The Maltese Falcon; this Alianza edition is part of the El Libro de Bolsillo collection, Biblioteca Hammett series.
For readers of crime and mystery fiction who want to discover the archetype of the hard-boiled detective embodied by Sam Spade.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.
