The Maltese Falcon:
The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask. The story has been adapted several times for the cinema. The main character, Sam Spade, appears in this novel only and in three lesser known short stories, yet is widely cited as the crystallizing figure in the development of the hard-boiled private detective genre. Raymond Chandler's character Philip Marlowe, for instance, was strongly influenced by Hammett's Spade. Spade was a departure from Hammett's nameless detective, The Continental Op. Sam Spade combined several features of previous detectives, most notably his cold detachment, keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Maltese Falcon 56th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
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Published: 1930
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Preceded by: The Dain Curse
Characters: Sam Spade, Ruth Wonderly, Joel Cairo, Effie Perine, Miles Archer, Iva Archer, Floyd Thursby, Det. Tom Polhaus, Det. Dundy, Corinne Wonderly
Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Hardboiled, Detective fiction, Suspense, Mystery
Adaptations: The Maltese Falcon (1941), Satan Met a Lady (1936), The Maltese Falcon (1931)
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