| The Dain Curse Contributor(s): Hammett, Dashiell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679722602 ISBN-13: 9780679722601 Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1989 Annotation: The Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Noir - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 72001755 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.22" W x 8.07" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hardboiled crime novel, and his creation the Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense. |