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The Maltese Falcon set the standard by which all subsequent American detective fiction would be judged. Hammett's clean prose and sharp ear for dialogue produced an exceedingly readable novel with enough twists to keep the reader turning the pages in search of clues. Hammett's third novel, it was first serialized in Black Mask magazine starting with the September 1929 issue, and published as a hardbound a year later. In addition to John Huston's celebrated film adaptation, Falcon has enjoyed several audio incarnations, starting with a 1941 half-hour version with Bogart on Academy Award Theater in 1941― all based on the Huston film. This 2008 production is the first full audio dramatization of the original novel.
“The Maltese Falcon is not only probably the best detective story we have ever read, it is an exceedingly well written novel.” – The Times of London Literary Supplement
"[Dashiell Hammett] demonstrated that the detective story can be important writing." ― Raymond Chandler
"We all came out from under Hammett's black mask." ― Ross MacDonald
"Hammett's prose [is] clean and entirely unique. His characters [are] as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction." ― The New York Times
“Dashiell Hammett . . . is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer.” – The Boston Globe
Cover of the Sept 1929 number of Black Mask in which the novel began its first serialized appearance.
BLACKSTONE AUDIO
presents
the HOLLYWOOD THEATER of the EAR
production of
Dashiell Hammett's
THE MALTESE FALCON
SAM SPADE Michael Madsen BRIGID O'SHAUGHNESSEY Sandra Oh CASPER GUTMAN Edward Herrmann JOEL CAIRO Michael Saad WILMER COOK Armin Shimerman EFFIE PERRINE
IVA ARCHER
RHEA GUTMANLaura Gardner TOM POLTAUSE Tom Towles LT. DUNDY Keith Sazarabajka Executive Producer Josh Stanton Adapter, Producer, Director Yuri Rasovsky Recordist John Baker Mixer Andrew Barnes SFX Aura Johnson Casting Amy Lieberman music by Steve Everitt
James McConnell
Debbie WisemanEditorial Consultant Keith Alan Deutsch Production Manager Lorna Raver produced with the cooperation of Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents Inc.
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