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The novelist behind "Wag the Dog" reflects on the book and the film adaptation's prescient lessons for using conflict to generate popularity.

By Larry Beinhart | January 5, 2023

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The Five Great Novels of Dashiell Hammett

Hammett's works may have been few, but they were all brilliant.

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