{"product_id":"the-dain-curse-heathen-edition-dashiell-hammett-9781948316323","title":"The Dain Curse (Heathen Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Dashiell Hammett\u003c\/strong\u003e (1894-1961) was an American author widely recognized as the trailblazer of hard-boiled detective fiction with his unsentimental, breakneck storytelling chock-full of fast-paced, slangy dialogue and abrupt, explosive violence. Following hot on the heels of his 1929 debut novel \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed Harvest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Hammett published his sophomore shoot-'em-up \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dain Curse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e that same year, wherein his Continental Op is on the bizarre case of a San Francisco diamond heist that stinks of an inside job and whose prime suspect is Gabrielle Dain-Leggett: a young, wealthy socialite with a taste for morphine and religious cults, believed to be suffering from the curse of the mad Dains, and who has a tragic effect on everyone around her - they die \u003cem\u003eviolently\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dashiell Hammett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948316323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948316323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heathen Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d","brand":"Dashiell Hammett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487391854847,"sku":"9781948316323","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0d6c858-f515-4500-a71d-c9bfc59c7742.jpg?v=1778060228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dain-curse-heathen-edition-dashiell-hammett-9781948316323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}