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In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation. On this site you’ll find information on current walks — dates, where to meet, arranging tours by appointment — plus a hard-boiled blog with news, reviews of books and film, and a dash of noir.
The latest and greatest edition to self-guide you up and down the mean streets.
Willeford: The Book
Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Tag Archives: Red Harvest
Hammett: A General Disclaimer for Future Use
About two years ago now I finally got to Butte, Montana and environs, and knocked myself out roaming up and down those mean streets, checking for buildings that date from the Hammett era (and there are a lot of buildings standing from the … Continue reading
Posted in Dash
Tagged Butte, Cap Shaw, Dennis Dooley, Peter Wolfe, Red Harvest, Rhino Thompson, Walkerville
Rediscovered: Roadhouse Benny
One of the major reasons I went to the Hammett-fest the last day of Noir City is that I figured I might as well, finally, catch a showing of Roadhouse Nights from 1930. I don’t recall it ever showing in … Continue reading
Hammett: And “Martha Ivers”
Early this year I gave a notice for Matthew Asprey’s collection of Jack London stories set in San Francisco — and now I hear that he’s jumped fully into the academic world as Dr. Matthew Asprey Gear, Department of Media, … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, Frisco
Tagged "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers", Jack London, Matthew Asprey, Red Harvest
Rediscovered: Manchette
Finally. More Jean-Patrick Manchette makes the leap into English-language print. After nine years. Powers-That-Be, come on, speed it up. In March 2002 City Lights Noir created a shockwave among noir cognoscenti with Donald Nicholson-Smith’s riveting translation of Three to Kill, Manchette’s 1976 thriller … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, Willeford
Tagged City Lights, David Goodis, Donald Westlake, Manchette, New York Review Books, Red Harvest
