Quotes
“Hammett’s prose [is] clean and entirely unique. His characters [are] as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction.” New York Times
“Jumps from the pages of its genre and into literature…Dorothy Parker, never a pushover,…claimed to have read the novel some thirty or forty times…Hammett was an original who created a profoundly influential literary template.” Guardian (London)
“Hammett virtually invented the hard-boiled crime novel…One of the best-known detective novels ever printed.” Washington Post
“The Maltese Falcon is not only probably the best detective story we have ever read, it is an exceedingly well written novel.” Times Literary Supplement (London)
“Dashiell Hammett…is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer.” Boston Globe