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The Maltese Falcon
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Hammett, Dashiell
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010
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FEATURING THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED THE AMC SERIES MONSIEUR SPADE STARRING CLIVE OWEN
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. 
These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.
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Dashiell Hammett. (2010). The Maltese Falcon. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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Dashiell Hammett. 2010. The Maltese Falcon. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010.

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Dashiell Hammett. The Maltese Falcon. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010.

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These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.
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