by Dashiell Hammett · Bruguera · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402055224
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«Cosecha roja» is the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett, published by Bruguera in paperback (251 pages, in Spanish).
A detective from the Continental agency is hired to rid a city of gangsters, corrupt police and violence, but he is not an irreproachable hero. With a dry, hard style, the novel portrays a dark world of shootouts, betrayals and ambivalent characters in which cleaning up comes at a price.
First instalment of the The Continental Op series; original title Red Harvest. Published in 1978 by Bruguera in the Libro Amigo collection (Crime Novel Series, 16), translated by Fernando Calleja.
For readers of crime fiction, hard-boiled and detective classics.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.
