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A review by claudiaswisher
Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon by Joe Gores
3.0
Reading this right after reading THE MALTESE FALCON might have been unfair to Gores, but I really did love how he reflected Hammett's voice without trying to imitate. Truth be known, I preferred Hammett, but...Gore gave me so much back story...how Effie and Sam met, why he's carrying the weight of the world on those rounded shoulders, what a jerk Miles Archer was, and what a knight in shining armor Sam became to avenge the murder of a jerk.
You could tell that Gores knew and loved the characters, the setting, and the genre. A fun read.
You could tell that Gores knew and loved the characters, the setting, and the genre. A fun read.