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A review by michaelromeo
Dashiell Hammett: Five Complete Novels: Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
4.0
This is a re-read. I read this collection twenty years ago and after reading a collection of his short stories I felt the urge to revisit this volume.
Red Haverst: A classic of the genre, by today's standards it could be seen almost as a parody. Nonetheless, it is still a gripping read. The violence and dialog are almost comic book in some scenes but this novel shows two of Hammett's greatest strengths; his ability to get the reader to visualize a scene, and his ability to draw a character with words. Anyone who is into the hardboiled detective genre will not go wrong with this novel.
Red Haverst: A classic of the genre, by today's standards it could be seen almost as a parody. Nonetheless, it is still a gripping read. The violence and dialog are almost comic book in some scenes but this novel shows two of Hammett's greatest strengths; his ability to get the reader to visualize a scene, and his ability to draw a character with words. Anyone who is into the hardboiled detective genre will not go wrong with this novel.