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Cover: 9781965684542 | Red Harvest (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) | Dashiell Hammett
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Red Harvest (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
Taschenbuch von Dashiell Hammett
Sprache: Englisch

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Red Harvest is a cornerstone of American crime fiction that ranks on the Crime Writers' Association list of The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time. This blistering, unflinching portrait of a town poisoned by greed, violence, and corruption is set in Personville, a bleak Montana mining town so rotten its own residents call it "Poisonville," where law has been replaced by the muzzle of a gun. When the nameless Continental Op, a hard-edged detective, arrives to meet a client, he finds only a corpse and a city teetering on the brink of chaos.
Summoned to restore order, the Op plunges into a world where every alliance is temporary and every handshake conceals a dagger. Hammett's relentless pacing, razor-sharp dialogue, and unsparing realism create an atmosphere thick with tension and moral ambiguity. The Op's crusade to clean up Personville ignites a gang war that leaves the streets awash in blood-yet the deeper he digs, the more he is forced to question his own motives and the very possibility of redemption.
Inspired by Hammett's own experiences as a Pinkerton detective, Red Harvest is more than a detective story-it is a searing critique of a society where power is bought with violence and innocence is a rare commodity. With its unforgettable antihero and stark vision of American life, this classic novel set the standard for hardboiled fiction.
Red Harvest is a cornerstone of American crime fiction that ranks on the Crime Writers' Association list of The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time. This blistering, unflinching portrait of a town poisoned by greed, violence, and corruption is set in Personville, a bleak Montana mining town so rotten its own residents call it "Poisonville," where law has been replaced by the muzzle of a gun. When the nameless Continental Op, a hard-edged detective, arrives to meet a client, he finds only a corpse and a city teetering on the brink of chaos.
Summoned to restore order, the Op plunges into a world where every alliance is temporary and every handshake conceals a dagger. Hammett's relentless pacing, razor-sharp dialogue, and unsparing realism create an atmosphere thick with tension and moral ambiguity. The Op's crusade to clean up Personville ignites a gang war that leaves the streets awash in blood-yet the deeper he digs, the more he is forced to question his own motives and the very possibility of redemption.
Inspired by Hammett's own experiences as a Pinkerton detective, Red Harvest is more than a detective story-it is a searing critique of a society where power is bought with violence and innocence is a rare commodity. With its unforgettable antihero and stark vision of American life, this classic novel set the standard for hardboiled fiction.
Über den Autor
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was a pioneering American writer who created the hard-boiled school of detective fiction, introducing characters like Sam Spade and Nick and Nora Charles. Drawing on his experience as a Pinkerton detective, Hammett's novels such as The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man set new standards for realism and style in crime literature. His works had a lasting impact on both literature and film, especially in shaping the film noir genre.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781965684542
ISBN-10: 1965684548
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hammett, Dashiell
Hersteller: Warbler Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Dashiell Hammett
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.06.2025
Gewicht: 0,245 kg
Artikel-ID: 133742998
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