by Dashiell Hammett · tapa dura · ISBN 9788474446111
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«El halcón maltés» is the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett, published by Debate in hardback (265 pages, in Spanish).
Detective Sam Spade follows the trail of a valuable falcon-shaped statuette while investigating the murder of his partner. Along the way he encounters ambiguous and dangerous characters who are also after the piece, in a plot where betrayal and ambition mark every step.
Set in San Francisco, the novel was originally published in 1930 and has been adapted to film several times.
For fans of crime fiction and mystery classics, especially those interested in the figure of the private detective.
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.
