Red Harvest: Book by Dashiell Hammett

Red Harvest: 

Description:

Red Harvest is a novel by Dashiell Hammett. The story is narrated by The Continental Op, a frequent character in Hammett's fiction. Hammett based the story on his own experiences in Butte, Montana as an operative of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The labor dispute in the novel was inspired by Butte's Anaconda Road Massacre.
Time included Red Harvest in its 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Nobel Prize-winning French author André Gide called the book "a remarkable achievement, the last word in atrocity, cynicism, and horror."

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Important Details:

Published: 1929

Author: Dashiell Hammett

Followed by: The Dain Curse

Adaptations: Roadhouse Nights (1930)

Genres: Fiction, Detective fiction, Suspense, Mystery

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