{"product_id":"book-b98h","title":"The Hunter and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eDashiell Hammett is best known as both pioneer and master of American hard-boiled detective fiction, but these dozen and a half stories both affirm that reputation and present him in a different light. Along with the full-length screen treatments \u003ci\u003eOn the Make\u003c\/i\u003e (which became the movie \u003ci\u003eMr. Dynamite, \u003c\/i\u003e1935) and \u003ci\u003eThe Kiss-Off\u003c\/i\u003e (the basis for \u003ci\u003eCity Streets\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Sylvia Sydney and Gary Cooper, 1931), this collection includes never before and rarely published stories that explore failed romance, courage in the face of uncertainty, hypocrisy, and crass opportunism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollected and edited by Hammett's granddaughter, Julie Rivett, and noted Hammett scholar and biographer Richard Layman, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunter and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a trove of priceless literary gems from an American master storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonna Postel reads the introduction, commentaries, and afterword; Ray Chase reads the sections “Crime” and “Screen Stories” and the appendix; Brian Holsopple reads the section “Men”; and Stephen Bowlby reads the section “Men and Women.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Highbridge Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49387658445104,"sku":"40b98h","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49387658215728,"sku":"BDb98h","price":24.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49387658281264,"sku":"ZEb98h","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49387658379568,"sku":"ZMb98h","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/b98h-cover.jpg?v=1765846939","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-b98h","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}