Hammett Unwritten: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1616147148
- ISBN-13
- 9781616147143
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Authors
- Gordon McAlpine, Owen Fitzstephen
Description
Follows Dashiell Hammett from 1930s San Francisco through 1940s Hollywood through a series of dangerous events that culminate in a fateful meeting with a woman from his past.
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