num_pages: 293
description: A detailed account of the life and career of the writer who transformed detective fiction into an acceptable literary genre considers Hammett's Hollywood years, his alliance with Lillian Hellman, and his radical politics
language: English
title: Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett
titlecomplete: Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett (A Harvest/HBJ Book)
characters: Dashiell Hammett
genres: Nonfiction, Biography
ratings_count: 49
places: The United States of America
publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich