My favourite detective: Sam Spade, as hard as nails and the smartest guy in the room

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Sparkes, Daryl. 2020. "My favourite detective: Sam Spade, as hard as nails and the smartest guy in the room." The Conversation. 24 November 2020, p. 1.
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My favourite detective: Sam Spade, as hard as nails and the smartest guy in the room

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AuthorSparkes, Daryl
Publication TitleThe Conversation
Journal Citation24 November 2020, p. 1
Number of Pages1
Year2020
Place of PublicationCarlton, Victoria, Australia
Web Address (URL)https://theconversation.com/my-favourite-detective-sam-spade-as-hard-as-nails-and-the-smartest-guy-in-the-room-149295
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Sam Spade was the invention of the great noir crime writer, Dashiell Hammett, who published his first novel in 1929. Spade is often overlooked for the dashing Philip Marlowe, created by the more well-known crime writer, Raymond Chandler, who began publishing soon after Hammett stopped in the late 1930s. This article looks at the rightfully deserved place the character of Sam Spade belongs to in the annuals of crime fiction.

KeywordsSam Spade; Detective Dashiell Hammett
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020360505. Screen media
360501. Cinema studies
Byline AffiliationsSchool of Creative Arts
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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