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The World of Robert B. Parker's Spenser and the Birth of the 1970's Private Detective

The hardboiled protagonist who navigated both crime fiction's progressive and reactionary strands.

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How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon

How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon

After an era of gentleman detectives, Hammett brought the world a detective grounded in (and ground down by) hard-edged reality.

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