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Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)

Dashiell Hammett

Start date: November 1, 2020

Finish date: November 30, 2020

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Oct 17, 2010 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2012, suspense-thriller, bookmooch, mtbr-challenge-2012, roman-noir, vintage-crime, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you

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Another masterpiece by one of the greatest author of the "Roman Noir". This is the first volume of the series The Continental Op and I still prefer the series with Nick and Nora Charles. ...more

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Feb 10, 2016 Tom Britz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Red Harvest is what hard-drinking, wise-cracking detective noir is all about. This story was written around 1927 and looking around today I see not much has changed. This is a story of a corrupt mid-sized town and the detective sent in to clean it up. He is not a by-the-book kind of detective. Bodies were falling faster than pins on bowling night. It is a fast-paced read and it was fun seeing how the roaring twenties were.

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Mar 11, 2018 Jenny rated it really liked it

Classic Dashiell Hammett noire describing the criminals who have taken over the government of a fairly small town. Full of violence, witty descriptions and period language.

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