The Continental Op-1928

1928 was a seminal year for Dashiell Hammett. He ended the series of stories known as the Poisonville stories that were later turned into the novel "Red Harvest." Later in the year he began the series of stories that were turned into the novel "The Dain Curse." In between those two series, Hammett sent his Op to the Balkans to babysit a naive rich boy who thought he might become a king by backing a coup – a lesser known comic opera done in Hammett's inimitable style....

Dynamite
The Cleansing...