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Karen
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Another great turn of phrase by Hammett! Treasures from the noir trove!
I love how his characters speak.
“This is actual money, genuine coin of the realm, sir. With a dollar of this you can buy more than with ten dollars of talk.” - Gutman, Chapter 18
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Dashiell Hammett
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I love how his characters speak.
“This is actual money, genuine coin of the realm, sir. With a dollar of this you can buy more than with ten dollars of talk.” - Gutman, Chapter 18
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Dashiell Hammett
Allie
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I understand the importance of this book as one of the first "hardboiled" crime novels but it's just so on the nose that it reads like a satire of a hardboiled crime novel!!!
— 8 hours, 45 min ago
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Cole 😸
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Not as into it as I was hoping, still solid.
— Mar 23, 2026 07:06PM
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Cole 😸
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Not as big of a fan as I’ve wanted to be so far, but not bad enough to stop
— Mar 23, 2026 05:35PM
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Allie
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As I was preparing my update to say "it's important for the reading experience to imagine that all of these characters are speaking with the trans-Atlantic accent," I came across the line: "His eyes burned yellowly." What does that even mean, Dashiell?
— Mar 23, 2026 08:18AM
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Karen
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The bird is finally on the wire, so to speak.
— Mar 22, 2026 08:08PM
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Karen
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It’s just the most fun I’ve had in a while!
Sam Spade is unequalled!
— Mar 21, 2026 09:53PM
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Sam Spade is unequalled!














