The Continental Op
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(2 ratings)287 pages1974Random HouseISBN 9780394487045
About this book
Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continetal Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. In these stories the Op unravels a murder with too many clues, looks for a girl with eyes the color of shadows on polished silver, and tangles with a crooked-eared gunman called the Whosis Kid.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Random House
- Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 287
- ISBN
- 9780394487045
- Language
- en
About Dashiell Hammett
American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), The Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.
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