[PDF] The Big Knock Over eBook

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 25,29 MB
Release : 1989-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0679722599

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Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, and in The Big Knockover the jobs entail taking on a gang of modern-day freebooters, a vice-ridden hell's acre in the Arizona desert, and the bank job to end all bank jobs, along with such assorted grifters as Babe McCloor, Bluepoint Vance, Alphabet Shorty McCoy, and the Dis-and-Dat Kid.

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,68 MB
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1443424706

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This collection features two of Dashiell Hammett’s best-known short stories “The Big Knockover,” and “$106,000 Blood Money” together, as they were meant to be read. In these connected stories, the Continental Op faces down an unprecedented influx of criminals into his native San Francisco, as the horde plans to collect a big payday by robbing two banks simultaneously, and then must hunt down the mastermind responsible for this elaborate crime spree. “The Big Knockover” witnesses the return of Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled detective character known only as The Continental Op. One of the earliest characters in the world of detective fiction, The Op paved the way for similar private eyes like Hammett’s own Sam Spade and Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe. The Op, however, had a personality all his own—uncompassionate, gruff, and stocky—and was never the prototypical heroic protagonist. He was, however the perfect fit for the genre in the early days of the hardboiled detective genre. HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher :
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
ISBN : 9780140086553

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Dashiell Hammett first wrote about the Continental Op, the short, fat, balding detective with no home and no personal existence apart from his work, more than 80 years ago. In doing so he created one of the most enduring icons of modern times - the private eye, the isolated hero in a treacherous and brutal world.