Vintage Hammett, Dashiell HammettSam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op. In his novels and stories, Dashiell Hammett created some of the most memorable characters detectives, dames, and assorted miscreants in twentieth century fiction. It is nearly impossible to imagine modern American literature without Hammett. Vintage Hammett features episodes from Red Harvest , The Maltese Falcon , The Dain Curse , and The Thin Man ; and stories featuring the Continental Op,

as the king of workplace humor

an argument with and about God

But what if being yourself is enough

Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable

and finds a strange and fascinating culture

surfing waves

she is determined to dislike him more than ever

Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life

his Mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend

ultimately

In the early seventies

the stultifying effects of convention