The Maltese Falcon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781971559445)

Vendor: Dashiell Hammett
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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The Maltese Falcon

$18.00

The Maltese Falcon

$18.00
Format: Paperback
Description
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A priceless object. A handful of people willing to lie, betray, and kill for it. And at the center, a man who knows exactly what everyone is doing--and how far he is willing to go himself. The Maltese Falcon strips the detective story to its core: not the solving of a crime, but the negotiation of a world where nothing is binding and everything has a price. What remains is the pure tension between desire and restraint, knowledge and action, self-interest and the faint, stubborn outline of a code.

Author: Dashiell Hammett
ISBN-10: 197155944X
ISBN-13: 9781971559445
Publisher: Eris
Language: English
Published: 09/29/2026
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.67d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 8662 / Maltese Falcon
By Dashiell Hammett
By Dashiell Hammett
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Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was an American novelist and former Pinkerton detective whose work transformed crime fiction into a modern literary form. Drawing on his experience in private investigation, he introduced a new kind of prose--hard, economical, and unsentimental--that would define the genre. His novels, including The Maltese Falco and The Thin Man, remain foundational to both noir fiction and twentieth-century American literature.

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