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The Maltese Falcon

By: Dashiell Hammett
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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The definitive masterpiece of the hard-boiled detective genre, The Maltese Falcon first appeared in the pages of Black Mask magazine in 1929 and was almost immediately acknowledged as not only a great crime novel but an enduring masterpiece of American fiction.

Tough, cynical PI Sam Spade - a man who, as his creator explained, is "able to take care of himself in any situation, able to get the best of anybody he comes in contact with" - is hired by the story's irresistible femme fatale, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, to locate the client's sister by tailing her companion. Spade's partner, Miles Archer, takes on the assignment, and quickly both he and the man he was shadowing are murdered. As Spade pursues the mystery of his partner's death, he is drawn into a circle of colorful characters - all of them after a legendary statuette of a falcon fashioned long ago for King Charles of Spain.

Made of gold and encrusted with jewels, the falcon is worth a fortune. Missing for centuries, it resurfaced in Paris in 1911, covered in black enamel to disguise its value, and then disappeared again until it was traced to Constantinople - and now, it would seem, to Spade's own backyard.

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enjoyed listening to this classic detective story, so different from today's private eye tales so enjoy

classic

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Thoroughly recommended. 5 stars great story well read. And at least as good as the movie

Terrific

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Firstly, l prefer Chandler to Hammett. However, the Maltese Falcon is a true classic of the noir genre. As such, this was a wonderful listen, very well read, although the narrator's breadth of voices could have been better.

A classic well read.

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The narration is great. The story is okay. It jumps very much from one topic to the next without really stringing them together.

A true Noir drama, with all the good AND bad.

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you can't fault the vivid writing style. story is decent. just read it if you like reading books lol

excellent description

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