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A detective agency gets involved in a murderous quest for a priceless statue of a falcon in 1920s San Francisco. Read the key events, characters, themes, and quotes from Dashiell Hammett's classic novel.
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Summary and Study Guide. Overview. Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon (1930) is a detective novel that was first serialized in the magazine Black Mask. As Hammett’s third novel, The Maltese Falcon includes the introduction of Sam Spade as the protagonist, a departure from the nameless Continental Op who narrated his previous stories.
Written by Timothy Sexton. The Maltese Falcon is a slim novel that moves along at a rapid pace and feels almost as fleeting as watching the iconic film adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart as its world-weary private detective Sam Spade.
A detective novel by Dashiell Hammett about a mysterious black bird statuette and a web of murder and deception. Sam Spade, the detective, uncovers the truth behind the falcon and the deaths of his partner and others.
Summary. The Maltese Falcon is set in San Francisco in the 1920s. Sam Spade is a private investigator with a tough, no-nonsense approach and a violent temper. He has an eye for the ladies and drinks and smokes excessively.
The novel begins when the knockout Miss Wonderly walks into Spade's office. It turns out she's a knockout with money. And she wants to hire the services of a private detective to find her missing sister, who supposedly ran off with a crook named Thursby.
The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue.
