{"product_id":"the-dain-curse-the-glass-key-and-selected-stories","title":"The Dain Curse  The Glass Key  and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most popular American writers of the twentieth century  Dashiell Hammett gave us crime fiction stripped down to its most subtle and searing essentials and  at the same time  elevated to literature. The diamond-sharp prose and artfully manipulated intrigue for which he is known are on full display in the four classic short stories and two riveting novels published here in one volume.  The Continental Op  Hammetts anonymous antihero  was the indelible prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. Single-minded  emotionally detached  and decidedly unglamorous  he narrates the four linked stories collected hereThe House in Turk Street  The Girl with the Silver Eyes  The Big Knockover  and $106 000 Blood Money. In THE DAIN CURSE  the Continental Op takes on his most bizarre case  that of a wealthy young woman who appears to be the victim of a deadly family curse. And THE GLASS KEYHammetts own favorite among his worksfeatures his most cynical and morally ambiguous hero  Ned Beaumont  caught in a hard-boiled love triangle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966134284341,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307266699","price":58.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307266699.jpg?v=1770554991","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-dain-curse-the-glass-key-and-selected-stories","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}