Hunter and other stories
By: Dashiell Hammett ; edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett
Publisher: The Mysterious Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780802121585
Subjects: American Short stories
Description: An anthology of eighteen short stories includes a number of previously unpublished pieces as well as early screen treatments for "On the Make" and "The Kiss-Off."
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Crime --; title: Commentary --; title: The Hunter --; title: The sign of the potent pills --; title: The diamond wager --; title: Action and the quiz kid --; title: Men --; title: Commentary --; title: Fragments of justice --; title: A throne for the worm --; title: Magic --; title: Faith --; title: An inch and a half of glory --; title: Nelson Redline --; title: Monk and Jonny Fox --; title: The cure --; title: Men and women --; title: Commentary --; title: Seven pages --; title: The breech-born --; title: The lovely strangers --; title: Week-end --; title: On the way --; title: Screen stories --; title: Commentary --; title: The kiss-off --; title: Devil's playground --; title: On the make --; title: Mr. Dynamite --; title: Appendix: The lost spade --; title: Commentary --; title: A knife will cut for anybody --; title: Afterword.