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Detective-story master Dashiell Hammett gives us yet another unforgettable read in Red Harvest: When the last honest citizen of Poisonville was murdered, the Continental Op stayed on to punish the guilty--even if that meant taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.

Detective-story master Dashiell Hammett gives us yet another unforgettable read in Red Harvest.When the last honest citizen of Poisonville was murdered, the Continental Op stayed on to punish the guilty-even if that meant taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.

'An acknowledged literary landmark' [Robert Graves] from 'The dean of the school of hard-boiled fiction' [New York Times]The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also called a shirt a shoit, he didn't think anything of it. Until he went there and his client, the only honest man in Poisonville, was murdered. Then the Op decided to stay to punish the guilty. And that meant taking on the entire town...

Third printing, 1931, an apparently unread hardcover with red boards and red-black design on the front and spine, also with considerable water staining at the top back pages and cover, with the date "Nov. 12, 1954" written in pencil at the top of the first page, with an unclipped (no price anywhere) dust jacket that has considerable wear and chipping at the spine ends and outer corners, also the edges, with pieces missing, some of which has worn onto the board eges, from Grosset and Dunlap. (Actually, the jacket appears to have stuck to upper edges of the front and back boards.) By Dashiell Hammett, previously author of "The Maltese Falcon".