The Maltese Falcon Contributor(s): Hammett, Dashiell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679722645 ISBN-13: 9780679722649 Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 1989 Annotation: A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O'Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett's coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted three generations of readers. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Noir - Fiction | Classics |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 88040510 |
Lexile Measure: 760(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.26" W x 8.01" L (0.46 lbs) 240 pages |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Library Journal 02/15/2005 pg. 172 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 8662 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
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Publisher Description: A coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O'Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett's iconic, influential, and beloved The Maltese Falcon. |
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