Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett

A selection from the letters of Dashiell Hammett the American writer of crime fiction.Here is Hammett the family man distant but devoted; Hammett the student of politics scanning the headlines from a Marxist perspective; and Hammett the lover of Lillian Hellman delighting in her style humour accomplishments but maintaining his independence. Celebrity soldier activist survivor--these letters show how Hammett was each of these in turn but was always above all a writer.