View Book Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man Background. Detailed analysis shows how the author and his work changed over time. Red harvest (1929), a raucous and nightmarish evocation of political corruption and gang warfare in the op returns, in the dain curse (1929), to preside over a more ornately melodramatic tale his last novel, the thin man (1934), is a ruefully comic tale that pays homage to the traditional mystery.

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Each novel is discussed in its own chapter with comparative criticism. Published by knopf, new york, under title: Spanning all sections of his career, the book discusses five novels:

A further novel, the thin man (1934).

The dain curse the glass key the maltese falcon red harvest (picador. His last novel was the thin man (1934), a ruefully comic tale paying homage to the traditional mystery form tough question as red harvest, dain curse, and maltese falcon are all 3 classics of the genre. Dashiell hammett died from lung cancer on january 10, 1961; Heavy drink would blight the rest of hammett's writing career.