Nightmare Town: Stories by Dashiell Hammett

Nightmare Town: Stories

The Continental Op #2.4

Dashiell Hammett

fiction mystery short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

396 pages | first published 1999

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"Hammett's pioneering hard-boiled style has been much imitated, but the original--packs a wallop."--The New YorkerHere are twenty long-unavailable stories by the master who brought us The Maltese Falcon. Laconic coppers, lowlifes, and mysterious w...
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Summary of 22 reviews

Moods

adventurous 100%
dark 100%
mysterious 100%
tense 100%

Pace

fast 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Plot: 100%

Strong character development?

No: 100%

Loveable characters?

No: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 100%

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