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Title	:	The Continental Op (The Continental Op #2.1)
Author	:	Dashiell Hammett
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	2004 by Orion (first published 1930)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Noir. Short Stories. Crime. Classics. Detective

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Dashiell Hammett is the true inventor of modern detective fiction and the creator of the private eye, the isolated hero in a world where treachery is the norm. The Continental Op was his great first contribution to the genre and these seven stories, which first appeared in the magazine Black Mask, are the best examples of Hammett's early writing, in which his formidable literary and moral imagination is already operating at full strength. The Continental Op is the dispassionate fat man working for the Continental Detective Agency, modelled on the Pinkerton Agency, whose only interest is in doing his job in a world of violence, passion, desperate action and great excitement.

The tenth clew.--The golden horseshoe.--The house in Turk Street.--The girl with the silver eyes.--The whosis kid.--The main death.--The farewell murder.

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Original Title:	The Continental Op
ISBN:	0752856170 (ISBN13: 9780752856179)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Continental Op #2.1
Characters:	The Continental Op

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If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Reports for Pinkerton's: "The Continental Op" by Dashiell Hammett(Original review, 1981-03-01)Hammett made no secret of Hammetts wider (I suppose "wider" will do) literary ambitions, or that he earned his living writing a particular kind of story long after he'd have preferred to write something else. What I don't know is how and especially when he picked up his knowledge of literature. If ever there was an autodidact, it was Hammett.

I had some initial difficulty adjusting to the language and time period involved in these stories but it was well worth the effort to do so.The unnamed Operative of the Continental Detective Agency is the consummate, focused professional; nothing stands between him and completing his job (certainly nothing very much like "morals" or the letter of the law).Depending on the story the Op is often on the borderline between the "maverick" cop who bends the rules to bring the "bad guys" to justice

A great collection of Hammett's short stories from 1923-1930, each with a clever twist. The Continental Op is different from what one expects from hard-boiled detective - he is fat, balding, and makes lots of mistakes. Also, as an employee of an agency, he is less of a loner than Spade or Marlowe - his relations with the police are downright cordial. But the world he lives in is pure Hammett - everyone is flawed, fallen, out for themselves. Even the kindly little old lady who invites the Op in

This is one of five collections of stories featuring the 'CO' agent who first appeared in the pulp magazine 'Black Mask' in the 1920s. This volume has seven stories - all of them rather razor-sharp, packed with pulpy punch. What's most interesting about Hammett's P.I. is that (along with his entertaining cynicism) he has a kind of playful habit of intentionally throwing criminals off when he's entwined with them. As he says, he "stirs things up" - not because he knows where he's going with the

I'd never read any of Hammett's short fiction before and was pleasantly surprised by what I found. These are brisk, snappy stories that are ludicrous fun to read and more on the action side of the spectrum than the sleuthing, which suited me just fine. The Golden Horseshoe and The Girl With the Silver Eyes were my favourites of the bunch, though the oddly surreal The Farewell Murder was probably the most memorable piece, with its mix of African tribal curses, Russian millionaires and a

Say, listen. You dont know me and I dont know you, but we have an "acquaintance," shall we say, in common. Its that bird over at the Continental Detective Agency. You know who I mean. Short, pudgy fall. Stubborn as a mule. You know him cause some other bird name of Hammett wrote up some of his cases and published it under the moniker The Continental Op. I know im cause hes the lout what put me here in Alcatraz.Yeah, I read 'is book. Read in about a day and a half. (What else do I have to do for

The complete Continental Op stories (aside from the novel Red Harvest). Though I've read some of these stories before, and some more than once, this was a great trip through them all, in chronological order. You can see how Hammett's skill progressed over the time, and the character of the Op changed (a little). Some of the stories, especially the early ones, are a bit clumsy, and the solutions seem to come out of left field; that doesn't matter much, because it's not necessarily the whodunnit