Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett: 1921-1960
Author: Hammett, Dashiell
ISBN: 9781582432106
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 25 Apr 2002
Pages: 688
Format: Paperback / softback
b>A selection from the letters of Dashiell Hammett, the American writer of crime fiction./b>br>br>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.
ISBN: 9781582432106
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 25 Apr 2002
Pages: 688
Format: Paperback / softback
b>A selection from the letters of Dashiell Hammett, the American writer of crime fiction./b>br>br>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.
