Got a note from our pal Nathan Ward — author of the Hammett bio The Lost Detective — that he’s getting sucked into the current Sam Spade experience of watching Monsieur Spade on AMC.
“I have only seen one episode,” Nathan reports, “but was surprised to like it enough for an excuse to retell the Flitcraft parable for Crimereads. Nothing you don’t know cold in here, but wanted you to see you and Arney again credited about Sam’s apartment.”
Bill Arney of course was the main archaeologist digging around in the Sam Spade apartment in 891 Post Street — the real Sam Spade, in San Francisco, not hanging around in France. Me, I was at most an advisor, but have tossed up many tidbits of info over the years.
I like my little series of going into the rooms on the Q.T. and snapping a few shots, including the secret trapdoor Bill snuck in — not canonical Spade, but cool. Like Bill.
Surf over to Crimereads to read Nathan’s thoughts on M. Spade.
