Maltese Falcon Book Summary

Written by timothy sexton the maltese falconis a slim novel that moves along at a rapid pace and feels almost as fleeting as watching the iconic film adaptation starring humphrey bogart as its world weary private detective sam spade.

Maltese falcon book summary. It was eventually published as a novel in 1930. These works helped establish the form style and character types that would endure through decades of detective novels. From wikipedia the free encyclopedia the maltese falcon is a 1930 detective novel by american writer dashiell hammett originally serialized in the magazine black mask beginning with the september 1929 issue. Plot summary of the maltese falcon the maltese falcon itself is a statue of a bird covered in valuable jewels.

It s been painted black to hide its true worth. One of the most famous detective novels to come out of this period was raymond chandler s the big sleep a novel directly influenced by hammett s fiction. In san francisco during the late 1920s the beautiful miss wonderly arrives at samuel spade and miles archer s detective agency. Dashiell hammett wrote this story originally as a serial in the magazine black mask.

She asks the detectives to follow a man named floyd thursby who she claims has run off with her younger sister corinne. The maltese falcon by dashiell hammet was originally published serially in the magazine black mask in five parts between 1929 and 1930. It turns out she s a knockout with money. It is a detective novel set in 1928 in san francisco featuring protagonist sam spade who also appears in three other lesser known short stories.

Spade opens the package and finds the figurine falcon. Dashiell hammett was a major influence on the establishment of hard boiled detective fiction and through film adaptations of his stories film noir. He drops a package on the floor and then dies of gunshot wounds. And she wants to hire the services of a private detective to find her missing sister who supposedly ran off with a crook named thursby.

Along with the maltese falcon hammett s the glass key marked the beginning of a literary golden age of crime fiction. Humphrey bogart played sam spade in the most. Those who know about the statue will. Soon afterwards an injured man identified as captain jacobi of la paloma shows up at the office.