The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue.
Private Detective Sam Spade still roams the foggy back alleys of the American imagination. His creator, Dashiell Hammett, published The Maltese Falcon 75 years ago this month. We host an appreciation of the novel and its author.
By Ian G. Wilson Sam Spade, The Fat Man, Joel Cairo, Brigid O’Shaughnessy: all of these names will stir the memories of any lover of hard-boiled detective fiction.
The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue.
Private Detective Sam Spade still roams the foggy back alleys of the American imagination. His creator, Dashiell Hammett, published The Maltese Falcon 75 years ago this month. We host an appreciation of the novel and its author.
By Ian G. Wilson Sam Spade, The Fat Man, Joel Cairo, Brigid O’Shaughnessy: all of these names will stir the memories of any lover of hard-boiled detective fiction.
