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The Maltese falcon / Dashiell Hammett; afterword by David Stuart Davies.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF HAMM	Adult Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .
PB H	Adult Fiction		Panania .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781909621060 (hardback)
ISBN	1909621064 (hardback)
Name	Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 author.
Title	The Maltese falcon / Dashiell Hammett; afterword by David Stuart Davies.
Published	London : Collector's Library, 2013.
Published	©1930
Description	272 pages ; 16 cm.
Notes	Originally published: 1930.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	Hammett's 1930 detective novel is widely regarded as the first and finest novel of the hard-boiled private detective. Sam Spade has a cold detachment, keen eye for detail and an unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. Regarded by many as the greatest crime novel of the 20th century, it has been ranked in the top 100 of English- language novels. The Maltese Falcon has been filmed several times, most famously by John Huston with Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade.
Subjects	Private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction
	Spade, Sam (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
	Private investigators -- United States -- Fiction
	San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Genre	Mystery fiction
Other Names	Davies, David Stuart, 1946- author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Mystery fiction . Private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction . Private investigators -- United States -- Fiction . San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction . Spade, Sam (Fictitious character) -- Fiction . Authors: Davies, David Stuart, 1946- . Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 .