Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Week 9: Reading Notes Part A Hemmett

Dashiell Hammett - excerpt from The Maltese Falcon

Author background:1894-1961
spent more than 4 years as a Pinkerton agent and wrote stories from the point of view of a detective
he served in the US Army during WWI


Story notes:

Joel Cairo - possibly an actor
Spade  - private detective hired by Cairo and seemingly hired by O'Shaughnessy as well
Brigid O'Shaughnessy

As I read the story, I see it playing back as an old 1950's detective show played in black and white. Or like 1990's film, Dick Tracy.


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