Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett

1921-1960

Dashiell Hammett

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Counterpoint
25 April 2002

Biography: general; Diaries, letters & journals; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

A selection from the letters of Dashiell Hammett, the American writer of crime fiction.

Here is Hammett the family man, distant but devoted; Hammett the student of politics, scanning the headlines from a Marxist perspective; and Hammett the lover of Lillian Hellman, delighting in her style, humour, accomplishments, but maintaining his independence. Celebrity, soldier, activist, survivor--these letters show how Hammett was each of these in turn, but was always, above all, a writer.

By: Dashiell Hammett
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 919g
ISBN: 9781582432106
ISBN 10: 1582432104
Pages: 688
Publication Date: 25 April 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Layman is the author of Shadow Man, the first full biography of Dashiell Hammett, and the vice president of Bruccoli Clark Layman, a publisher of reference works in literature. He lives in Columbia, South Carolina. Julie M. Rivett is a granddaughter of Dashiell Hammett, and Josephine Hammett Marshall is his daughter. They live in Southern California.

Reviews for Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett: 1921-1960

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