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Indlæser... Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Manaf Dashiell Hammett
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This was a quick and easy read. I liked it ok, but can’t say that it turned me into a mystery fan. I found it difficult to keep track of all the details; and I kept having to turn back a page to make sure I understood who was talking to whom. Some of the details in the story were interesting. I would guess the lifestyle of the rich and famous (up all night, ordering every meal out, drinking all day and night, paying the doorman to walk the dog), and the lifestyles of the “low lifes” in the story (drinking cheap alcohol, drugs, “cheap” women throwing frying pans at cheating boyfriends) was probably pretty titillating when Hammett wrote the story. It was hard for me to read the women in this story; even Nora, the “smart” one, is a self-effacing, stand-behind-her-man help-mate who can’t manage the money her father left her or compete on par with her accomplished sleuth husband. . . . Ugh. ( ) A great collection of five novels by Dashiell Hammett. The book is organized chronologically, starting with the two Continental Op novels, going on to the Maltese Falcon, continuing with the Glass Key, and culminating with The Thin Man. The paper is thin and seems to be rather fragile, but perhaps I am just overthinking it. It might also be that this is merely how the publisher wanted it to be. I originally got this from the Library, but I couldn't finish the whole book in the allotted time so I obtained copies of each of the five novels and read them in order. The language used really brings you into the environment that the author is attempting to get across, and is a masterful beginning to the Crime/ Noir genres of mysteries. All throughout it reminded me of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" only to have me remind myself multiple times of what actually came first. Writing this as I read each novel. The Thin Man: rollicking, witty fun. As great as the film. 5/5 Red Harvest: outstanding masterwork of detective fiction, possibly an influence for Kurosawa's Yojimbo; definitely influenced many. Fantastic. 5/5 The Dain Curse: lots of in and outs with this one. I liked it but not as much as THM and RH. It bogged down a little for me near the end. Gabrielle just wasn't very interesting. 4.5/5 The Maltese Falcon: It's funny (to me). Even though I prefer the 1931 film to the Humphrey Bogart version (blasphemy, I know!), I can't read The Maltese Falcon without hearing and seeing Bogie and friends (except for Mary Astor--she's one of the reasons I find the 1941 film weaker). Anyway, while I get a little tired of Hammett's adjective strings in this one, I still love it. 5/5 And finally. The Glass Key. This is my least favorite novel of the batch. I found Ned Beaumont to be the dullest of Hammett's protagonists, and Hammett's writing style to be very dry and tedious. It didn't hold my interest well at all, although it had its moments. It's another influence on Kurosawa. 3.25/5 Rating for the whole collection: 4.55/5 ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"In a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel." "The five novels that Hammett published between 1929 and 1934, collected here in one volume, have become part of modern American culture, creating archetypal characters and establishing the ground rules for a whole tradition of hardboiled writing." "Each novel is distinct in mood and structure. Red Harvest (1929), a raucous and nightmarish evocation of political corruption and gang warfare in a western mining town, epitomizes the violence and momentum of Hammett's Black Mask stories about the anonymous detective the Continental Op. The Op returns, in The Dain Curse (1929), to preside over a more ornately melodramatic tale involving jewel theft, drugs, and a mysterious religious cult. With The Maltese Falcon (1930), and its protagonist Sam Spade, Hammett achieved his most enduring popular success. A tightly constructed quest story with an unforgettable cast of eccentric adventures, it is at the same time shot through with a sense of disillusionment and the arbitrariness of personal destiny." "The Glass Key (1931), an exploration of city politics at their most scurrilous, traces intricate patterns of loyalty and betrayal in scenes charged with drama." "His last novel, The Thin Man (1934), is a ruefully comic tale that pays homage to the traditional mystery form. It is best remembered for its protagonists Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated inebriates who would enjoy a long afterlife in the movies."--Jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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