Lighting The Pipes
The Maltese Falcon (1930)
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 1:45:28
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Synopsis
Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon" wastes no time cutting shapes and setting angles in its pursuit of modelling the hard-boiled genre. The opening sentence alone produces enough sharp edge to slice through a striploin at Herbert's on Powell Street: "Samuel Spade's jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting V under the more flexible V of his mouth." However, in spite of its influence, the whetted and defining weaponry of Hammett's straight-ahead narrative isn't to everybody's literary taste and debate remains strong over this classic crime story. Join us as we light the pipes and share conversation over this perennial text.