Our pulp expert pal Will Murray recently put up another article about Hammett, this time the story behind the title of his novel The Glass Key.
Not thunderous material like when Will figured out that Hammett did not write “The Diamond Wager.” But any hardboiled fan ought to enjoy it. Features a cameo by Hammett’s fellow Black Mask pulpster Fred Nebel.
I rate Will’s The “Diamond Wager” Caper in a select class with the dazzling research where Warren Harris discovered the true identity of The Midget Bandit. Warren unveiled the dope right here on These Mean Streets.
Got an entire Midget Bandit Week out of it, and barely squeezed it all in.
