Dennis Menard (1:3409/3) wrote to Steven Horn at 22:29 on 24 Oct 1997:
 DM> It was Hammett.  The "Continental Op" was written in 1923.  "The
 DM> Big Knockover" was written in 1924, "The Dain Curse" in 1928, "Red
 DM> Harvest"in 1929, "The Maltese Falcon" in 1929, "The Glass Key" in
 DM> 1931 and finally, "The Thin Man" in 1933.
Thank God my brain has a few cells left.:-)  I'm going to have to look for 
"The Big Knockover" as I don't remember reading it.
Take care,
Steven Horn (shorn@yknet.yk.ca)
Moderator CAN_SYSLAW 
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