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Title:
Nightmare town : stories
Author:
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Knopf, 1999.
Physical Description:
xvii, 396 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Nightmare town -- House dick -- Ruffian's wife -- The man who killed Dan Odams -- Night shots -- Zigzags of treachery -- The assistant murderer -- His brother's keeper -- Two sharp knives -- Death on pine street -- The second-story angel -- Afraid of a gun -- Tom, Dick, or Harry -- One hour -- Who killed Bob Teal? -- A man called Spade -- Too many have lived -- They can only hang you once -- A man named Thin -- The first thin man.
ISBN:
9780375401114
Format :
Book