by Diane Johnson · Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330286138
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«The Life of Dashiell Hammett» is the biography of Dashiell Hammett by Diane Johnson, published by Macmillan in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Diane Johnson traces the life of Dashiell Hammett, author of novels such as «The Maltese Falcon» and «Red Harvest», from his years as a Pinkerton detective to his rise in crime fiction, and portrays his personal contradictions and the influence of his work on the noir genre and popular culture.
This 1985 edition belongs to the Picador Books collection; the book was originally published in 1983 as «Dashiell Hammett: A Life».
For readers of biographies and crime fiction interested in Dashiell Hammett and the history of the detective genre.
Diane Johnson is an American novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often feature American heroines living in contemporary France. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Persian Nights in 1988.
