Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon (1930)


Unabridged


Audio Editions 2004


Read by William Dufris


MP3 64kbps (stereo)


7 hours 7 mins

In this, his third novel, Dashiell Hammett crystallises the archetype for the "hard-boiled" detective. Sam Spade - a development of Hammett's earlier, unnamed, non-hero, the Continental Op - wasn't to appear in any other full-length work but he has become synonymous with the genre and was immortalised by Humphrey Bogart in John Huston's classic 1941 film-noir adaptation.

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Publisher's blurb


The Maltese Falcon is considered Dashiell Hammett's finest novel. The story introduces detective Sam Spade, a man of few words who displays little emotion. Hired by a woman - Miss Wonderly - to locate her sister, Spade gives the assignment to his partner Miles Archer. Archer tails the missing sister's companion, and within a single evening both Archer and the man have been shot dead. As Spade pursues the mystery of his partner's death, he is drawn into a circle of colorful characters: Miss Wonderly, who lies prettily and pathologically about everything; a fat, well-dressed man named Gutman; a jumpy man named Cairo; and an extremely stupid, impulsive gunman. All of them are in competition to find the legendary, jewel-encrusted Maltese Falcon, hidden for many centuries. As they get closer and closer to the statue, Spade gets closer and closer to identifying the person who murdered his partner.