{"product_id":"the-complete-continental-op-vol-2-red-harvest-and-the-dain-curse-and-all-the-stories","title":"The Complete Continental Op Vol 2 (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse and all the stories)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe nameless operative.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the pages of Black Mask magazine came Dashiell Hammett's nameless Continental Op. the archetypal 'fat man' unglamorous, but a tough, and hard-boiled gumshoe with a keen mind, a sharp shooting trigger finger. The tough guy from San Francisco was on the scene before  Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, or Lew Archer,  and was a huge influence on the genre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on Hammett's own experience as a private eye with Pinkerton's, the Op brought in edgy realism to crime fiction, until then largely cosy crime. This series of two volume yellowbacks includes all twenty-eight Continental Op short-story adventures along with Hammett's unfinished 'Three Dimes'; and the novels \u003ci\u003eRed Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dain Curse\u003c\/i\u003e.  A must-have for all crime fiction buffs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the second of a two-volume set that collects The Continental Op series; and culled from the Complete Dashiell Hammett collection available from Chancellor Press in hardcover. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44788350615731,"sku":"9789357312356","price":719.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477437889789357312356.jpg?v=1762832016","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-complete-continental-op-vol-2-red-harvest-and-the-dain-curse-and-all-the-stories","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}