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  • This spring is called Hammet el Sheikh [Arabic], and is the hottest of them all.

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

  • I read Chandler when I was younger, and some Hammet.

    David Levien - An interview with author 2010

  • From then on out, ESP continued to branch out in many fields of guitar making, including creating custom guitars for many other stars like George Lynch, Kirk Hammet, and more recently, James Hetfield and Matt DeVries.

    Hamilton Kirk | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • He reminds us that Chandler praised Hammet for "having given murder back to the sort of people who commit it", a barb aimed at the classic English amateur detective story.

    Time isn't up for amateur detectives Maxine 2007

  • There is much food for thought in the essay, but I was struck by the assertion that British crime novels are more Hammet/Chandler than Christie/Conan-Doyle.

    Time isn't up for amateur detectives Maxine 2007

  • And beneath the surface lies a Dashiell Hammet-like caper that is vying to hammer out a battle to different gangs ...

    B.D. Gallof: NHLPA: So What Is the Rumpus and Why is It Important? 2009

  • There is much food for thought in the essay, but I was struck by the assertion that British crime novels are more Hammet/Chandler than Christie/Conan-Doyle.

    November 2007 Maxine 2007

  • There is much food for thought in the essay, but I was struck by the assertion that British crime novels are more Hammet/Chandler than Christie/Conan-Doyle.

    Time isn't up for amateur detectives Maxine 2007

  • He reminds us that Chandler praised Hammet for "having given murder back to the sort of people who commit it", a barb aimed at the classic English amateur detective story.

    November 2007 Maxine 2007

  • He reminds us that Chandler praised Hammet for "having given murder back to the sort of people who commit it", a barb aimed at the classic English amateur detective story.

    Time isn't up for amateur detectives Maxine 2007

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