Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. 

WHY WE PICKED IT

Because all the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction are here to create a novel that has haunted generations of readers. Now with a new introduction by Richard Russo

DETAILS
• Author: Dashiell Hammett
• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Publication Date: July 17, 1989
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780679722649
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