The Hunter and Other Stories, Dashiell Hammett
The Hunter and Other Stories, Dashiell Hammett
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The Hunter and Other Stories

Author: Dashiell Hammett

Narrator: Ray Chase, Stephen Bowlby, Brian Holsopple, Donna Postel

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/05/2013


Synopsis

Dashiell Hammett is best known as both pioneer and master of American hard-boiled detective fiction, but these dozen and a half stories both affirm that reputation and present him in a different light. Along with the full-length screen treatments On the Make (which became the movie Mr. Dynamite, 1935) and The Kiss-Off (the basis for City Streets, starring Sylvia Sydney and Gary Cooper, 1931), this collection includes never before and rarely published stories that explore failed romance, courage in the face of uncertainty, hypocrisy, and crass opportunism.

Collected and edited by Hammett's granddaughter, Julie Rivett, and noted Hammett scholar and biographer Richard Layman, The Hunter and Other Stories is a trove of priceless literary gems from an American master storyteller.

Donna Postel reads the introduction, commentaries, and afterword; Ray Chase reads the sections “Crime” and “Screen Stories” and the appendix; Brian Holsopple reads the section “Men”; and Stephen Bowlby reads the section “Men and Women.”

About Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He is widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time. In addition to The Maltese Falcon, his pioneering novels include Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Thin Man.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joshua on September 07, 2014

Having read four of Hammett's novels, I came to this book viewing him as something of a first-rate underachiever. Maltese Falcon aside, I came away from Red Harvest, The Glass Key, and The Thin Man with the same feeling: that these were essentially B-novels elevated by Hammett's mastery of prose and......more

Goodreads review by Aditya on January 26, 2019

The Hunter and Other Stories is mainly a collection of unpublished Hammett stories for the fans of the pulp master. About 20 stories divided into 5 arbitrary sections, these are Hammett's attempt to broaden his horizon beyond hard-boiled crime. Each section comes with a foreword from the publishers......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on December 04, 2017

These were stories which Hammett himself never published (there may be one or two which have been unearthed from very obscure publications). I can't be very particular about what was good and what was bad in this collection, because I borrowed it from the library and didn't take notes. For true admire......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on November 03, 2013

Having only read Hammett's novels, I was taken aback by the skill and mastery he brought to storytelling. I'm not the biggest fan of short stories, but every one of Hammett's tales - be they two pages or ten - develops with such vivid detail that it quickly engrosses readers. His stories come to lif......more

Goodreads review by Chris on July 17, 2024

I am always discovering Dashiell Hammett. This collection of Hammett's little-known and (some) previously unpublished stories, sketches, and movie treatments showed another facet of the hard-boiled detective novelist. His portrayals of men and women in different situations, each reacting and interac......more