by Dashiell HammettA treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted three generations of readers.
(Summary retrieved from goodreads.com)
This novel truly is a classic. I really enjoyed reading it after I saw the film as a teen. I had no idea until recently that Hammett spent time as a private investigator himself and drew many of his stories from his own experiences. It made me appreciate his works even more. Seriously great caper.
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