대실 해미트

《몰타의 매》는 대실 해미트의 장편소설로 1930년 2월 14일 크노프 출판사에서 출간되었다. 총 3번 영화화되었고, 그 중 험프리 보가트가 출연한 세 번째 영화는 영화사에서 걸작으로 평가되고 있다. 강인하고 남자다운 주인공 샘 스페이드가 몰타의 매라는 이름을 가진 새 조각상을 둘러싼 살인사건을 해결하는 내용으로, 탐정 소설을 문학의 경지로 끌어올렸다는 평가를 받고 있다. 감정이나 사고와 같은 내면 묘사를 극도로 절제하고 오로지 외적인 행동만을 간결한 문장으로 묘사하여 특유의 비정하고 냉혹한 분위기를 잘 살려내고 있다. 출간된 당시 경제 불황이었음에도 불구하고 …

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners. Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most …

Red Harvest is a novel by Dashiell Hammett. The story is narrated by The Continental Op, a frequent character in Hammett's fiction. Hammett based the story on his own experiences in Butte, Montana as an operative of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The labor dispute in the novel was inspired by Butte's Anaconda Road …

The Glass Key is a novel by Dashiell Hammett, said to be his favorite among his works. It was first published as a serial in Black Mask in 1930, then was collected in 1931, and tells the story of gambler and racketeer Ned Beaumont, whose devotion to crooked political boss Paul Madvig leads him to investigate the …

The Dain Curse is a novel written by Dashiell Hammett and published in 1929. Before its publication in book form, it was serialized in Black Mask.