![]() ![]() ![]() Hammet himself worked as an investigator for the Pinkerton Detective Agency in San Francisco in the early 1920’s and based many of the characters in The Maltese Falcon on people that he knew at the time, but that Spade had no original, and rather was a “dream man,” or what many private investigators wish they had been, but never really approached. Largely influenced by the rise in organized crime and police corruption of the Prohibition era, Hammet crystallized the intense skepticism and indifference to violence with Spade, who in turn influenced the creation of other notable “hardboiled” figures including Philip Marlowe, Mike Hammer, Lew Archer and The Continental Op (also created by Hammet). It is an early example of the “hardboiled” detective novel, which departs from novels in the romantic tradition that heavily emphasize characters’ emotions and instead introduces a cynical and detached attitude that is characteristic of novels in this style. It is a detective novel set in 1928 in San Francisco, featuring protagonist, Sam Spade, who also appears in three other lesser-known short-stories. ![]() The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet was originally published serially in the magazine Black Mask, in five parts between 19. ![]()
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