{"product_id":"9781409117537","title":"Spade \u0026 Archer","description":"Author: Joe Gores\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781409117537\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2011\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Sam Spade gets drawn into the Maltese Falcon case, we know what to expect: straight talk, hard questions and no favours. We know that his late partner, Miles Archer, was a son of a bitch; that Spade is sleeping with Archer's wife. What we don't know is how Spade became who he is.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow SPADE AND ARCHER completes the picture. 1921: Spade sets up his own agency in San Francisco and clients quickly start coming through the door. The next seven years will see him dealing with booze runners, water-front thugs, stowaways, banking swindlers, gold smugglers, bumbling cops and the illegitimate daughter of Sun Yat-sen; with murder, other men's mistresses and long-missing money. He'll bring in Archer as a partner, though it was Archer who stole his girl while he was fighting in World War I. He'll tangle with a villain who never loses his desire to make Spade pay big for ruining what should've been the perfect crime. And he'll fall in love...","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919339667614,"sku":"ING-9781409117537","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781409117537.jpg?v=1782810601","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781409117537","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}