Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett: 1921-1960

This is a selection from the letters of Dashiell Hammett, the American writer of crime fiction. Here is Hammett the family man, distant but devoted; Hammett the student of politics, scanning the headlines from a Marxist perspective; and Hammett the lover of Lillian Hellman, delighting in her style, humour, accomplishments, but maintaining his independence. Celebrity, soldier, activist, survivor - these letters show how Hammett was each of these in turn, but was always, above all, a writer.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 04/25/2002
ISBN: 9781582432106
Pages: 650
Weight: 2.18lbs
Size: 9.04h x 5.96w x 1.69d

Review Citations: New York Review of Books 02/14/2002 pg. 19
New York Times 07/07/2002 pg. 20