Synopsis
From Chinatown's dark alleys to the fog-shrouded Golden Gate, crooked politicians ran San Francisco. To Hammet, retired Pinkerton detective and struggling writer, it was all just grist to his fictional mill. Until the night his pal walked into a baseball bat. Then Hammett hung up his typewriter, put on his gumshoes and went out into the brawling, swaggering city to find the brutal murderer.
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About the Author
Joe Gores (1931--) was educated at Notre Dame University and Stanford University, served in the US Army, writing biographies of generals, and spent twelve years as a San Francisco private investigator. He is the author of the acclaimed DKA Files series and has written screenplays and television scripts. He has won three Edgar Allan Awards and Japan's Maltese Falcon Award.
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Ballantine Books September 1976, 1976
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good to Good Plus. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. The former private detective and Edgar Award-winning Gores sets this mystery novel in San Francisco in 1928 and features another former private detective and award-winning writer -- Dashiell Hammett, the author of "The Maltese Falcon;" text is tight, clean, square in pictorial wrappers showing some rubbing damage to front cover o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Nice reading copy of scarce edition. Seller Inventory # 002137
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