Nightmare Town

About This Book

Nightmare Town collects crime stories by Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), the writer who — together with Raymond Chandler — created the American hardboiled detective genre. Hammett drew on his years as a Pinkerton operative to write fiction of unsparing realism, sparse dialogue, and moral ambiguity. His major works — Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man — transformed mystery fiction from a parlor game into serious literature. The stories in this collection showcase the range of his short fiction.

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