by Dashiell Hammett · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432086137
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«Cosecha roja» is the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett, published by Planeta in 1985 in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
In the mining town of Poisonville, a Continental Op detective sets out to clean it of gangsters and corruption. The investigation unleashes a spiral of violence that portrays capitalist society and cemented the traits of American crime fiction: complex plot, incisive dialogue, and a critical eye.
Original novel from 1929, part of the Continental Op series. This edition is no. 4 of the Bestsellers Serie Negra collection, with translation by Fernando Calleja.
For readers of classic crime and detective fiction, interested in the origins of hard-boiled fiction and the genre's antiheroes.
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.
