by Joe Gores · Editorial Bruguera · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402095923
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«Al estilo Hammett» is the crime novel by Joe Gores, published by Editorial Bruguera in 1983, in paperback (112 pages, in Spanish).
The novel turns Dashiell Hammett into a character: tormented by not having helped his friend Vic Atkinson, who turns up murdered, the writer sets out to investigate the corruption of 1928 San Francisco and avenge him. He acts in the style of the detectives from his own novels, like Sam Spade or the Continental Op.
It belongs to the Club del Misterio collection, no. 113, and was originally published as «Hammett» in 1975. The Spanish translation is by Elisa Troiani; the work received the Falcon Award in 1986.
For readers of crime and detective fiction interested in the figure of Dashiell Hammett and in noir set in 1920s San Francisco.
Joseph Nicholas Gores was an American mystery writer. He was known best for his novels and short stories set in San Francisco and featuring the fictional Dan Kearney and Associates private investigation firm specializing in repossessing cars, a thinly veiled escalation of his own experiences as a confidential sleuth and repo man. Gores was also recognized for his novels Hammett, Spade & Archer and his Edgar Award-winning or -nominated works, such as A Time of Predators, 32 Cadillacs and Come Morning.
