e j m duggan (ejmd@cwcom.net)
Thu, 24 Jun 1999 23:59:11 +0000
Some of you may recall some excitement about a year ago when
Oxford University Press were about to issue a Hammett
collection, edited by Jack Adrian, which was pulled at the
last minute. (Someone here--can't recall who--was going to
ask AJ what the deal was; I don't know if they ever reported
back to the list).
Anyway, the title is now slated for publication in
2001.
Here's the dope from Amazon.com:
> Reviews
> Synopsis
> Spanning the whole of Dashiell Hammett's
> brief writing career from 1922 to 1934,
this
> anthology is the largest collection ever
> published, offering 35 stories that are as
fresh
> and compelling today as when they first
> arrived on the literary scene. The bulk of
the
> stories are uncut and unadulterated, in
the
> form in which Hammett originally wrote
> them.
>
> Synopsis
> A collection of thirty-five short works
> represents the author's largest anthology
and
> features themes of crime, humor, irony,
and
> suspense as experienced by Hammett, a
> former detective, in a largely uncut
format
> and including previously unseen works.
UP.
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