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The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
4.0
It is easy to see why this book is held in high regard and as a pioneer and measurement of hard boiled noir.
I had been meaning to read this for years and somehow never got around to it. Having finally read it, it was nothing short of superb. As I write this now it is 2.44am and I just finished it.
Prior to reading it I had no idea what the book was about. Having not seen any adaptations and resisted looking at spoilers. It was different to what I expected, my only other experience of Maltese Falcon was from an old game called Mafia II where a bar is named it. The story was very interesting and especially the history of the Maltese Falcon (not sure if fiction or real - not checked). Being noir there is no true good guy but Sam Spade is a good guy in this (despite his many flaws).
I would love to read more by Dashiel Hammett as well as noir of his era. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
I had been meaning to read this for years and somehow never got around to it. Having finally read it, it was nothing short of superb. As I write this now it is 2.44am and I just finished it.
Prior to reading it I had no idea what the book was about. Having not seen any adaptations and resisted looking at spoilers. It was different to what I expected, my only other experience of Maltese Falcon was from an old game called Mafia II where a bar is named it. The story was very interesting and especially the history of the Maltese Falcon (not sure if fiction or real - not checked). Being noir there is no true good guy but Sam Spade is a good guy in this (despite his many flaws).
I would love to read more by Dashiel Hammett as well as noir of his era. I thoroughly enjoyed this.