Dick,
Re your comment below:
> Before we move off of the subject of
favorite
> Hammett short stories let
> me cast a vote for "The Scorched Face," if, for
no
> other reason, that
> killer of a last sentence.
The Op's always been my favorite PI character. My personal
favorite of the short stories is that blood-drenched dry run
of THE MALTESE FALCON's last chapter, "The Gutting of
Couffignal." In fact, I'll go one better and say that
"Couffignal" is the best hard-boiled PI story ever
written.
JIM DOHERTY
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