This is informative book on Dashiell Hammett from Sally Cline. However frustrating it may have been because Hammett rarely spoke of himself and maintained personal life in the shadows, author give us a brief overview of his life, from his earlier days, struggling with writing until he became acclaimed crime novelist, his first marriage and second to Lillian Hellman, his involvement with communists, all tell us a story about complex man. Maybe most dashing parts were his perpetual illness and writers block, but with his four novells and collection of stories he is forever regarded as one of the greatest crime novelists of all time.

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