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The Maltese falconDashiell Hammett

The Maltese falcon

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Original author: Dashiell Hammett

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The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue. The story is told entirely in external third-person narrative; there is no description whatsoever of any character's thoughts or feelings, only what they say and do, and how they look. The novel has been adapted several times for the cinema. It is considered part of the hardboiled genre, which Hammett played a major part in popularizing. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)

The Maltese falcon, by Dashiell Hammett. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #77600.

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