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justinh94 's review for:
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
Feel around the same about the book as I do about the film considering one is a near 1:1 adaptation of the other, which means the version with Humphrey Bogart is going to get the nod. Both iterations depend on their fast wit to entertain, since the plot is so convoluted as to be nonsensical. If nothing else, reading this after watching the movie and the recent sequel series with Clive Owen stepping into Bogart’s (gum)shoes only gave me a better appreciation for “Monsieur Spade,” both for how accurately Scott Frank captured Hammett’s voice and for how much more entertaining a convoluted Sam Spade story is when it’s set in the south of France.