The Continental Op (Vintage Crime)
New York: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Random House, Inc., 1992. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. Item #2348248
ISBN: 9780679722588
Reprint. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy.
xxix, 319 pp. Edited, with an introduction, by Steven Marcus. Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continetal Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. In these stories the Op unravels a murder with too many clues, looks for a girl with eyes the color of shadows on polished silver, and tangles with a crooked-eared gunman called the Whosis Kid. Includes: Introduction; The Tenth Clew; The House in Turk Street; The Girl with the Silver Eyes; The Whosis Kid; The Main Death; The Farewell Murder.
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