Dashiell Hammett Short Stories Discovered and Published in The Strand
Just when we thought everything by Dashiell Hammett was in print, Andrew F. Gulli, editor of The Strand, discovered 15 unpublished stories. Malcolm Jones speaks to him about his remarkable finds.
Just when we thought everything by Dashiell Hammett was available, Andrew F. Gulli, editor of The Strand, discovered 15 unpublished stories. (Credit: AP Photo)
In five novels and dozens of stories, Dashiell Hammett almost single-handedly invented the hardboiled private detective in modern crime fiction. Using his experience as a Pinkerton operative, Hammett created tough, unsentimental sleuths such as the Continental Op, Sam Spade, and Nick Charles, and thrust them into crime stories that, as...
