num_pages: 480
description: Hammett's continental op - tough, tired, intelligent, a snap-brimmed Sir Galahad with a Browning - was the prototype for a whole new tradition of private eye thrillers.Here are ten of his classic suspense stories from the twenties and thirties - selected and introduced by Lillian Hellman.
language: English
title: The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
titlecomplete: The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
characters: Dick Foley, Nancy Regan, Nellie Wade / Angel Grace Cardigan, Mickey Linehan, The little scared man, Beno the newsie, The Old Man (The Continental Op), Lieutenant Duff, Sylvia Yount, Wop Healy, Big Flora, Jean Larrouy, Paddy the Mex, Jack Counihan, Red O'Leary, The gorilla (The Big Knock-Over), Fiske (Dead Yellow Women), The Armenian (The Big Knock-Over), Percy Maguire, Denny Burke, The Continental Op, The deceased (The Big Knock-Over), Bluepoint Vance
genres: Short Stories, American, Detective, Crime, Hard Boiled, Noir, Classics, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 3288
places: San Francisco, California
series: The Continental Op
publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard