The Maltese Falcon

teacher's guide The big read

by Molly Thomas-Hicks, Dashiell Hammett

20 pages

English language

Published Nov. 9, 2008 by National Endowment for the Arts.

ISBN:: 978-978-075-286-6
OCLC Number:: 696236238

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(21 reviews)

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B. Zelkovich reviewed The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (The big read)

Review of "Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese falcon" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I really enjoyed this story! A clever mystery, full of enigmatic characters defined more by their actions than their words. A gritty and straightforward mystery, with unapologetic prose. I sped through it, and placed a hold on the related short stories at my local library, because I need more Sam Spade in my life!

flashy_dragon reviewed The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (The big read)

Review of "Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese falcon" on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

This let me down; I was expecting detective fiction, and read something that featured a detective that made lucky guesses, or logical jumps, without actually doing much detecting. In a few key spots, Sam Spade does indeed investigate and find a clue, but much of the story is driven by Sam's brash behavior and apparent guesses to the facts.

I was not impressed.