by Joe Gores · Orion Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780752851822
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«Hammett» is the mystery novel by Joe Gores, published by Orion Paperbacks in paperback (256 pages, in English).
In a corrupt San Francisco, among the alleys of Chinatown and the Golden Gate, a Hammett former Pinkerton detective and penniless writer turns the city into material for his fictions. When his friend is killed, he leaves the typewriter and returns to the streets to find the culprit.
The edition is part of the Crime Masterworks collection. The original work was published in 1975 and won the Falcon Award in 1986.
A read for fans of noir fiction and detective plots, with classic San Francisco as the setting.
Joseph Nicholas Gores was an American mystery writer. He was known best for his novels and short stories set in San Francisco and featuring the fictional Dan Kearney and Associates private investigation firm specializing in repossessing cars, a thinly veiled escalation of his own experiences as a confidential sleuth and repo man. Gores was also recognized for his novels Hammett, Spade & Archer and his Edgar Award-winning or -nominated works, such as A Time of Predators, 32 Cadillacs and Come Morning.
