Red Harvest
Books | Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
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Dashiell Hammett
From one of the great pioneers of detective stories, a classic novel reissued with a new introduction by S.A. CosbyThe steadfast and sturdy Continental Op has been summoned to the town of Personville—known as Poisonville—a dusty mining community splintered by competing factions of gangsters and petty criminals. The Op has been hired by Donald Willsson, publisher of the local newspaper, who gave little indication about the reason for the visit. No sooner does the Op arrive, than the body count begins to climb . . . starting with his client. With this last honest citizen of Poisonville murdered, the Op decides to stay on and force a reckoning—even if that means taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.
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Author
Dashiell Hammett
Pages
224
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2010-12-29
ISBN
0307767485 9780307767486
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"Most readers do not notice the Simple Tale of Conrad's Secret Agent and the blood simple of Hammett's Red Harvest composing parallel structures but they do. They were both onto something and close mouthed about it too. #suspense #mystery_and_detective #noir #fiction "
John M Frazier
"Clearly written and drawn. Starts with a brief note and glossary which are very helpful, and I appreciate the book opening with them instead of ending. I can struggle, especially with black and white graphic novels, to follow the characters, but Cherkas handled this very well. Not an easy story but so necessary. We must continue to tell these stories as personal stories or they will become statistics, vague generalities that happened elsewhere to other people in another time."
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Teresa Prokopanko
"A fantastic (and timely!) narrative from the Holodomor, or Ukrainian famine under Soviet rule. I found the story enlightening to the plight and politics of the time. I love learning history through graphic novels! <br/><br/>Oh, I will add that some of the font was very tiny and hard to read and I sometimes had to wear reading glasses over my rx to make it out!"
Andrew Greene