The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels

By (author): "Jeff Stone, Lillian Hellman, Dashiell Hammett"
Publish Date: 1972
The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
ISBN0679722599
ISBN139780679722595
AsinThe Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
CharactersThe Continental Op
Original titleThe Big Knockover
SeriesThe Continental Op Short Stories
Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, and in The Big Knockover the jobs entail taking on a gang of modern-day freebooters, a vice-ridden hell's acre in the Arizona desert, and the bank job to end all bank jobs, along with such assorted grifters as Babe McCloor, Bluepoint Vance, Alphabet Shorty McCoy, and the Dis-and-Dat Kid.Contents:Introduction by Lillian HellmanThe Gutting of CouffignalFly PaperThe Scorched FaceThe King BusinessThe Gatewood CaperDead Yellow WomenCorkscrewTulipThe Big Knockover$106,000 Blood Money