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The Dain Curse
by Dashiell Hammett
ISBN: 0679722602
ISBN-13: 9780679722601
Format: Paperback
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Summary
The Continental Op is assigned the case of the Leggett diamond robbery. While investigating, he becomes acquainted with Gabrielle Dain Leggett-young, rich, a morphine addict, and member of a religious cult. Gabrielle has her own mystery-the people around her tend to die violent deaths.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published date: 1989
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds
Publisher's Notes
One of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases, as he is faced with Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett, who has an unfortunate effect on the people around her - they have a habit of dying violently.
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The Dain Curse
Hammett, Dashiell
Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679722602 BOOK IS CLEAN AND FREE OF MARKS . Good. ( more information) Offered by booktreasury (United States)
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The Dain Curse
Dashiell Hammett
Vintage, 1989. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. ( more information) Offered by bookwebpages (United States)
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The Dain Curse
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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1989 Worn spine and/or cover. May contain store and/or library stickers and/or stamps. Markings.. Paperback. Fair. 8.0 in x 5.5 in x 0.5 in. ( more information) Offered by Rising Fawn Treasures (United States)
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Vintage Books, 1989. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Cover has light scuffs. Edges/spine have light wear/chips. Binding good, text free of notes. Inscription inside cover. Pg edges have age toning/shelf soiling.Fast Shipping and Free Confirmation on all Domestic Orders! ( more information) Offered by 11 Giles Bookstore (United States)
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The Dain Curse
Hammett, Dashiell
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1989 Please email us if you would like further information or if you would like us to send you a picture of the book. Thanks for looking!. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Wally's books (Canada)
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The Dain Curse
Hammett, Dashiell
NY: Vintage. VG+ in softcover. 1989. trade PB. Keywords: mystery, fiction, 0-679-72260-2. ( more information) Offered by Books End (United States)
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Dain Curse
Hammett, Dashiell
Vintage Books, 1989. Trade paperback,fine condition.clean. ( more information) Offered by ALMINA BOOKS (United States)
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1st Dell 1668 1968 VG+. F. ( more information) Offered by Old Pueblo Books (United States)
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Permabooks paperback M4198 1st printing VG+. F. Soft cover. ( more information) Offered by Old Pueblo Books (United States)
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New York: Vintage Books; Vintage Crime, 1989 231 pp.; 21 cm. First published, 1929. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "The Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense. / Dashiell Samuel Hammett was born in St. Mary's County. He grew up in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Hammett left school at the age of fourteen and held several kinds of jobs thereafter--messenger boy, newsboy, clerk, operator, and stevedore, finally becoming an operative for Pinkerton's Detective Agency. Sleuthing suited young Hammett, but World War I intervened, interrupting his work and injuring his health. When Sergeant Hammett was discharged from the last of several hospitals, he resumed detective work. He soon turned to writing, and in the late 1920s Hammett became the unquestioned master of detective-story fiction in America. In The Maltese Falcon (1930) he first introduced his famous private eye, Sam Spade. The Thin Man (1932) offered another immortal sleuth, Nick Charles. Red Harvest (1929), The Dain Curse (1929), and The Glass Key (1931) are among his most successful novels. During World War II, Hammett again served as sergeant in the Army, this time for more than two years, most of which he spent in the Aleutians. Hammett's later life was marked in part by ill health, alcoholism, a period of imprisonment related to his alleged membership in the Communist Party, and by his long-time companion, the author Lillian Hellman, with whom he had a very volatile relationship. His attempt at autobiographical fiction survives in the story 'Tulip,' which is contained in the posthumous collection The Big Knockover (1966, edited by Lillian Hellman). Another volume of his stories, The Continental Op (1974, edited by Stephen Marcus), introduced the final Hammett character: the 'Op,' a nameless detective (or 'operative') who displays little of his personality, making him a classic tough guy in the hard-boiled mold--a bit like Hammett himself." - Publisher.. 2nd printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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Hammett, Dashiell
Vintage, 1989 quarter inch tear to bottom of first 30 pages. Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Downtown Booksellers (United States)
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Vintage 1972 Vintage V-827 paperback Fine/Unread. F. Soft cover. ( more information) Offered by Old Pueblo Books (United States)
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The Dain Curse (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) [Paperback]
Hammett, Dashiell
Published in 1972 as the First Vintage Books Edition, a 213-page paperback with tan Pages (due to age), otherwise, gently (if ever) read, this is a good copy. (511) ( more information) Offered by Frances Pryor (United States)
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The Dain Curse
Hammett, Dashiell
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books / Random House, 1989 New, unread condition mass market paperback. Scan available.. First Vintage Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. ( more information) Offered by Woodshed Books (United States)
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Hammett, Dashiell
Vintage, 17-Jul-1989. -. NEW. Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: U20081002220745G ( more information) Offered by A1Books (United States)
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Penguin UK C2483 1966 paperback. Bob Brooks provocative photo of woman holding bloody sword wearing see-thru nightgown. A VG copy with edgewear only.. F. Soft cover. ( more information) Offered by Old Pueblo Books (United States)
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The Dain Curse
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1989. light edge wear. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by browns books (Canada)
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Hammett, Dashiell
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New ed., 2005. Kartoniert / Broschiert. ( more information) Offered by Bides - Books - Germany (Germany)
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Vintage, 1989-07-17. Paperback. New. Brand New. In Stock. Order Now. Ship from CA, IN, PA, OR, TN and FL. Over 600,000 CD/DVD, Books and bibles. Free tracking with every order. ( more information) Offered by *** www.HarvardBooksellers.com *** (United States)
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Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679722602 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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