The hunter and other stories /

An anthology of eighteen short stories includes a number of previously unpublished pieces as well as early screen treatments for "On the Make" and "The Kiss-Off."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 (Author)
Other Authors: Rivett, Julie M. (Editor), Layman, Richard, 1947- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : The Mysterious Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Crime. Commentary
  • The hunter (unpublished)
  • The sign of the potent pills (unpublished)
  • The diamond wager (1929, uncollected)
  • Action and the Quiz Kid (unpublished)
  • Men. Commentary
  • Fragments of justice (unpublished)
  • A throne for the worm (unpublished)
  • Magic (unpublished)
  • Faith (2007)
  • An inch and a half of glory (unpublished)
  • Nelson Redline (unpublished)
  • Monk and Johnny Fox (unpublished)
  • The cure (2011, uncollected)
  • Men and women. Commentary
  • Seven pages (2005)
  • The breech-born (unpublished)
  • The lovely strangers (unpublished)
  • Week--end (unpublished)
  • On the way (1932, uncollected)
  • Screen stories. Commentary
  • The kiss-off (unpublished, story for City Streets, Paramount 1931)
  • Devil's playground (unpublished and unproduced)
  • On the make (unpublished, story for Mr.Dynamite, Universal, 1935)
  • Appendix: The lost Spade. Commentary
  • A knife will cut for anybody (unpublished)
  • Afterword.