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Dashiell Hammett

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Noun1.Dashiell Hammett - United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)


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S SCANDALOUS COMING OF AGE is an engrossing story of the real world behind the headlines of noir fiction greats such as Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.
FAVOURITE BOOKS Retired cricket umpire Dickie Bird - his own autobiography Sir Michael Caine - The Maltese Falcon by Samuel Dashiell Hammett.
1951: As the McCarthy witchhunts gathered pace in the USA, crime novelist Dashiell Hammett was jailed for contempt when he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
 
 
 
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