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![]() ![]() Hammett writes in longer sentences people talk to each other, rather than snarling and wisecracking some of them even seem to like each other. The plot is frenetically elaborate, but it feels more coherent than bang-bang-shoot-’em-dead. ![]() Tough-guy Hammett is less violent only half the characters are murdered, and there are a mere seven or eight murderers (including a hypnotised “mulatto” maid and a little girl). The murderer is an effective surprise (although see reservations below), and there are clues. I could give another star, but I wrote this review between two Hammetts, both of which I hated.įor a start, it’s a fair play detective story. The Dain Curse is infinitely superior in every way to the abysmal Red Harvest. ![]()
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