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Media type. Print (hardcover) Preceded by. Red Harvest. Followed by. The Maltese Falcon. The Dain Curse is a novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, published in 1929. Before its publication in book form, it was serialized in Black Mask magazine in 1928 and 1929. [1]
- Dashiell Hammett
- 1929
THE DAIN CURSE by Dashiell Hammett TO ALBERT S. SAMUELS CONTENTS Part One: The Dains I. Eight Diamonds II. Long-nose III. Something Black IV. The Vague Harpers V. Gabrielle VI. The Man from Devil's Island VII. The Curse VIII. But and If Part Two: The Temple IX. Tad's Blind Man X. Dead Flowers XI. God XII. The Unholy Grail Part Three: Quesada ...
February 29, 2024. The Dain Curse (1929) was Hammett’s second Continental Op novel following Red Harvest (also 1929). The Dain Curse was originally published in serial format in the Black Mask Magazine in 1928 and 1929 actually in four parts, although the novel form is divided into three parts, the Dains, the Temple, and Quesada.
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Sep 8, 2020 · The Dain Curse (1929). Of Hammett ’s five novels, this one has long had the lowest reputation—certainly in the view of the author himself, and by a fairly wide margin among most critics who celebrate his literary achievement overall. Yet the book, which Hammett churned out quickly and as a matter of financial exigency, offers plenty of ...
Black Mask was a pulp magazine first published in April 1920 by the journalist H. L. Mencken and the drama critic George Jean Nathan. It is most well-known today for launching the hardboiled crime subgenre of mystery fiction, publishing now-classic works by Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich, Paul Cain, Carroll John Daly, and others.
Feb 29, 2024 · The Dain Curse (1929) was Hammett's second Continental Op novel following Red Harvest (also 1929). The Dain Curse was originally published in serial format in the Black Mask Magazine in 1928 and 1929 actually in four parts, although the novel form is divided into three parts, the Dains, the Temple, and Quesada. Many years later,….
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The nameless detective known only as the Continental Op is tasked with investigating the theft of diamonds from the Leggets, who have ties to the Dain family – a family that is said to be plagued by a terrible curse that leads those near them to gruesome deaths.
