I'm a Norwegian writer and currently a student of literature at the University of Oslo.

Writing a paper on a Norwegian "noir" author, I can't find the place where the Continental Op says something to the effect that whatever solution he might find to a case is not necessarily the truth – but the most convenient of a number of possible solutions.

As I'll have to finish my paper "right now" I can't afford the time to browse through the complete works of Hammett to find it.

Anyone on this community whio have a clew?

---------------- T.B.Hansen Oslo, Norway red@skyggespill.no

I'm looking for the short story "On the Make" by Hammett. It was the basis for the film MISTER DYNAMITE (1935). Anybody know where to find the story? Thanks.

I love Hammett and his writings. My favorite Hammett writing would be the "Thin Man" because its suspense and great twist and turn plot keeps me reading for hour on end. Thanks

Robert Graves -

Since Chandler's protagonist Philip Marlowe appears in every book, order is of no particular consequence. The books are not serial in nature nor will Marlowe make any life altering discoveries about his reality as he makes his way along those “Mean Streets.”

Hammett's books on the other hand contain a myriad of central characters and run the gamut of the sophisticated savoir faire Nick and Nora Charles, the tough man of no-name in “Red Harvest,” and the amoral Sam Spade of “The Maltese Falcon” again making reading order unessential.

Along with these two extraordinary often under-rated American Literary giants, may I also recommend Cornell Woolrich’s “Black” title series. The most of famous of which is “The Bride Wore Black.”

Dude!

As

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He was,

I think

Even the

Lamest

Loser

Hates

As

Many of the books this

Man wrote and

Every

Thing about

Them

Presuming you read and have read them all - pray tell us on what you base that long sad tale?

Hi! I'm trying to remember the exact words to a quote from Hammett. I believe it is from Red Harvest> it is to the effect :woman lie especially woman with blue eyes. If anyone knows the exact wording or what page i can locate it on. I have all 5 novels. I have been skimming them trying to locate it. thanx

What was the tongue twister spoken by the actor playing the part of Hammett in the film Roy Cohen?

Two months ago I purchased a book entitled THE RADIO ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE by Martin Grams Jr. and I got my copy in the mail last week. (Just got published now.) I am amazed as how the author not only captured a wonderful history of the radio program, but plot descriptions, trivia and inside jokes for each and every radio episode from 1946 to 1951. Something I have not been able to find in any publication. Even includes a script for an episode that was never broadcast. Available from www.martingrams.com and www.amazon.com. Recommended for all Sam Spade and Hammett fans.

Hi Doug, Hammett sounds interesting. Think I'll start with The Thin Man. Catch you later, nurse c

Oh, I just loved the Thin Man movies!

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