ISBN10: 0375701028, ISBN13: 9780375701023, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. "Hammett's pioneering hard-boiled style has been much imitated, but the original--packs a wallop."--The New YorkerHere are twenty long-unavailable stories by the master who brought us The Maltese Falcon. Laconic coppers, lowlifes, and mysterious women double- and triple-cross their colleagues with practiced nonchalance. A man on a bender awakens in a small town with a dark mystery at its heart. A woman confronts a brutal truth about her husband. Here is classic noir: hard-boiled descriptions to rival Hemingway, verbal exchanges punctuated with pistol shots and fisticuffs. Devilishly plotted, whip-smart, impassioned, Nightmare Town is a treasury of tales from America's poet laureate of the dispossessed. This collection of 20 long-unavailable stories from the author of "The Maltese Falcon" includes classic noir styles that Hammett made famous. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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First Vintage Crime/Black Lizard paperback edition, first printing. Interior pages are clean and unmarked, but the white underside of the front and back covers is moderately to heavily tanned. Tight binding. Minor edge wear. Date: 2000. Vintage Books ISBN 0375701028 9780375701023 [US]

Vintage, Date: 2000-09-12. Paperback. Used: Good. 2000. Vintage ISBN 0375701028 9780375701023 [US]

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, September Date: 2000. Paperback. Used - Very Good. 2000. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ISBN 0375701028 9780375701023 [US]

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Used - Like New. 2000. Paperback. Small remainder mark. Fine. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ISBN 0375701028 9780375701023 [US]