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Nightmare TownDashiell Hammett

Nightmare Town

Dashiell Hammett
1948406 pages
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"In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unraveling the dark mystery at its heart. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story "Ruffian's Wife." "His Brother's Keeper" is a half-wit boxer's eulogy to the brother who betrayed him. "The Second-Story Angel" recounts one of the most novel cons ever devised. In seven stories, the tough and taciturn Continental Op takes on a motley collection of the deceitful, the duped, and the dead, and once again shows his uncanny ability to get at the truth. In three stories, Sam Spade confronts the…

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5 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2002
    Picador · 416 pages · 9780330481106
  • Hardcover · English · 2001
    Picador · 432 pages · 9780330481090
  • Other · English · 2012
    Picador · 9781447219576
  • Other · English · 2000
    Vintage · 432 pages · 9780375701023
  • Other · English · 1999
    Knopf · 396 pages · 9780375401114
American Detective and mystery storiesDetective and mystery stories, AmericanNew York Times reviewedFiction, mystery & detective, generalFiction, short stories (single author)