{"product_id":"dashiell-hammetts-secret-agent-x-9","title":"DASHIELL HAMMETT'S SECRET AGENT X-9","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the mid 1930's at the peak of\u003cstrong\u003e Dashiell Hammett\u003c\/strong\u003e's career, he wrote this daily strip for the King Features Syndicate, \u003cem\u003eSecret Agent X-9\u003c\/em\u003e. Working with him was \u003cstrong\u003eAlex Raymond\u003c\/strong\u003e, who was just beginning to make a name for himself with his own two strips, \u003cem\u003eFlash Gordon\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJungle Jim\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\nYou'll find all the X-9 episodes and a fascinating introduction by \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam F. Nolan\u003c\/strong\u003e who wrote \u003cem\u003eHammett: A Life At The Edge\u003c\/em\u003e. also included is a Raymond rarity-- his only collaboration with \u003cstrong\u003eLeslie charters\u003c\/strong\u003e, creator of \u003cem\u003eThe Saint\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\nHammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse).\n\nIn addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time\" and was called, in his obituary in The New York Times, \"the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction.\" Time magazine included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on a list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eOut of Print.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Fine. \u003c\/strong\u003eCover has minor rubbing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59640828428574,"sku":"RB4689","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB4689-dashiell-hammetts-secret-agent-x-9.jpg?v=1784501793","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/dashiell-hammetts-secret-agent-x-9","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}