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The Big Book of the Continental Op

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The Big Book of the Continental OpNow for the first time ever in one volume, all twenty eight stories and two serialized novels starring the Continental Op one of the greatest characters in storied history of detective fiction. Dashiell Hammett is the father of modern hard boiled detective stories. His legendary works have been lauded for almost one hundred years by fans, and his novel The Maltese Falcon was adapted into a classic film starring Humphrey Bogart. One of Dashiell

Now for the first time ever in one volume, all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels starring the Continental Op--one of the greatest characters in storied history of detective fiction.

Dashiell Hammett is the father of modern hard-boiled detective stories. His legendary works have been lauded for almost one hundred years by fans, and his novel The Maltese Falcon was adapted into a classic film starring Humphrey Bogart. One of Dashiell Hammett's most memorable characters, the Continental Op made his debut in Black Mask magazine on October 1, 1923, narrating the first of twenty-eight stories and two novels that would change forever the face of detective fiction. The Op is a tough, wry, unglamorous gumshoe who has inspired a following that is both global and enduring. He has been published in periodicals, paperback digests, and short story collections, but until now, he has never, in all his ninety-two years, had the whole of his exploits contained in one book. The book features all twenty-eight of the original standalone Continental Op stories, the original serialized versions of Red Harvest and The Dain Curse, and previously unpublished material. This anthology of Continental Op stories is the only complete, one-volume work of its kind.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 11/28/2017
ISBN: 9780525432951
Pages: 752
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.90w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2017 pg. 51
Publishers Weekly 10/30/2017
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2017
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