Tag Archives: The Big Knockover

Hammett: “You’ve Never Read Hammett!”

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Don

A few years ago I was in the now gone “M” Is For Mystery Bookstore for a talk. Near the end of the remarks the speaker — kind of an absurd little guy — suddenly remembered that the collection Crime Stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, Tour | Tagged "Death and Company", "This King Business", Black Mask, Book Collecting, Crime Stories, Falcon from Knopf, Frederic Dannay, Library of America, Pulps, pure texts, Terry Zobeck, The Big Knockover |

Tour: Portland Weighs In

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Don

Out of the blue, a double-whammy from Portland. Over on the Davy Crockett Almanack site Evan Lewis does a nice appreciation of Hammett’s The Big Knockover — the Op adventure that ought to make anyone with a pulse a Hammett fan for … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, Tour | Tagged Bill Crider, EQMM, Evan Lewis, Hammett Tour Book, Terry Zobeck, The Big Knockover |

Rediscovered: You Can’t Win

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Don

Out of the legions of neglected books from all the books that have come and gone in all the world, very few return to any kind of currency. Once the book slips out of print, or the generation of readers that made it … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, SFSC | Tagged "The Red Brain", Book Collecting, City Lights, Donald Wandrei, Green Apple Books, Jack Black, John Law, Kevin Hunsanger, Kindle, Pulps, The Big Knockover, William S. Burroughs, You Can't Win |

Hammett: Playing the Sap

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Don

Take out your copy of Jo Hammett’s Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers. Turn to page 34. We’re going to be dealing with the bottom photo on that page. If you don’t have a copy of the book, this post spotlights a … Continue reading →