Sam Spade, a slightly shop-worn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics, stars in Hammett's detective fiction, a novel that has haunted 2 generations of readers.
Honestly - I expected to think this was lame, but it was actually quite charming. The original Sam Spade and he's not nearly as 'arch' as he's made out to be. I was pleased. Now I may need to watch the movie.
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