Elevating mystery fiction to the level of art, Hammett is one of the finest writers of the twentieth century: Nightmare Town is a stunning collection of twenty short stories with an introduction by Colin Dexter.In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unravelling the dark mystery at its heart. In three stories, Sam Spade confronts the darkness in the human soul while rolling his own cigarettes. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story, 'Ruffian's Wife'. And the ...
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Elevating mystery fiction to the level of art, Hammett is one of the finest writers of the twentieth century: Nightmare Town is a stunning collection of twenty short stories with an introduction by Colin Dexter.In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unravelling the dark mystery at its heart. In three stories, Sam Spade confronts the darkness in the human soul while rolling his own cigarettes. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story, 'Ruffian's Wife'. And the first study for The Thin Man sends John Guild on a murder investigation in which almost every witness may be lying. In Nightmare Town Hammett shows us a world where people confront a multitude of evils . . . 'Hammett was spare, hard-boiled, but he did over and over what only the best writers can ever do. He wrotes scenes that seemed never to have been written before'Raymond Chandler
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Add this copy of Nightmare Town: Twenty Long Unavailable Short Stori: to cart. $25.01, very good condition, Sold by The Small Library Book Shop rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Picador.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Large 8vo., 396pp. Beautiful First British Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a touch of softness to heel but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, £16.99, is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
Add this copy of Nightmare Town: Twenty Long Unavailable Short Stories to cart. $67.93, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Picador.
