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"Effie Perine came in from the outer office. She was eating a piece of chocolate cake." --Dashiell Hammett, "A Man Called Spade"
Reading the collected works of Dashiell Hammett. Some lovely tales, but Chandler is far superior.
But it wasn't all sad. Like how Joey thinks he's a Dashiell Hammett character but is actually a Damon Runyon extra. Priceless.
The Maltese Falcon St 1 is a writer 2 All writers are mortals Con- Some he is a mortal (false)
Now this is a blurb: The biggest-hearted dick in San Francisco. Paddy the Mex, on Dashiell Hammett s Continental Op.