by Joe Gores · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429727401
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«Hammett» is the crime novel by Joe Gores, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (256 pages, in Catalan).
In 1928 San Francisco, writer Dashiell Hammett balances his literary career with work as a private detective, a profession Hammett had actually practiced years earlier. The murder of a detective friend drives him into a dangerous investigation that links crime to the world of hardboiled fiction.
The novel was originally published in 1975. The Edicions 62 edition, translated by Laura Santamaria, is part of the «Seleccions de la Cua de Palla» collection.
For fans of detective fiction and for those who want to see Dashiell Hammett as a fictional character.
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.
