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THE BIG BOOK OF THE CONTINENTAL OP - DASHIELL H...

Now for the first time ever in one volume  all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels
starring the Continental Op-one of the greatest characters in storied history of detective
fiction.   Dashiell Hammett is the father of modern hard-boiled detective stories. His
legendary works have been lauded for almost one hundred years by fans  and his novel The
Maltese Falcon was adapted into a classic film starring Humphrey Bogart. One of Dashiell
Hammett's most memorable characters  the Continental Op made his debut in Black Mask magazine
on October 1  1923  narrating the first of twenty-eight stories and two novels that would
change forever the face of detective fiction. The Op is a tough  wry  unglamorous gumshoe who
has inspired a following that is both global and enduring. He has been published in periodicals
paperback digests  and short story collections  but until now  he has never  in all his
ninety-two years  had the whole of his exploits contained in one book. The book features all
twenty-eight of the original standalone Continental Op stories  the original serialized
versions of Red Harvest and The Dain Curse  and previously unpublished material. This anthology
of Continental Op stories is the only complete  one-volume work of its kind.

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