The Big Knockover
New York: Random House, 1989. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprint. Faint toning.
Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm.....