Big Knockover
''His name remains one of the most important and recognisable in the crime fiction genre. Hammett set the standard for much of the work that would follow'' INDEPENDENT
Dashiell Hammett''s Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. Short, squat and as stubborn as a mule, the Op''s only enthusiasm was doing his job. In the stories in THE BIG KNOCKOVER, the job means sol...
''His name remains one of the most important and recognisable in the crime fiction genre. Hammett set the standard for much of the work that would follow'' INDEPENDENT
Dashiell Hammett''s Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. Short, squat and as stubborn as a mule, the Op''s only enthusiasm was doing his job. In the stories in THE BIG KNOCKOVER, the job means sol...
