A selection from the letters of Dashiell Hammett, the American writer of crime fiction.
Here is Hammett the family man, distant but devoted; Hammett the student of politics, scanning the headlines from a Marxist perspective; and Hammett the lover of Lillian Hellman, delighting in her style, humour, accomplishments, but maintaining his independence. Celebrity, soldier, activist, survivor--these letters show how Hammett was each of these in turn, but was always, above all, a writer.
- ISBN10 1582432104
- ISBN13 9781582432106
- Publish Date 25 April 2002 (first published 30 March 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 March 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Counterpoint
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 688
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781582432106