Honest Gain - audiobook
Honest Gain - audiobook
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a Now Im a detective because I happen to like the work. It pays me a fair salary, but I could find other jobs that would pay morea Now I pass up that twenty-five or thirty thousand of honest gain because I like being a detective, like the work. And liking work makes you want to do it as well as you can. Otherwise thered be no sense to it. Thats the fix I am in. I dont know anything else, dont enjoy anything else, dont want to know or enjoy anything else. You cant weigh that against any sum of money.a a " a The Gutting of Couffignala by Dashiell HammettHot on the heels of Best Cases of the Continental Op comes Honest Gain: Dicey Cases of the Continental Op, another original compilation from Skyboat Media. The Continental Op is back on the case, tracking down thieves and murderers from the steep streets of San Francisco to the rough and tumble Wild West in Arizona. These six stories featuring the Continental Op show that this private eye is not afraid to get his hands dirty in order to get the job done right, or get himself hurt in the process. With his utter lack of vanity, his shrewd sense of perception, and his gritty frankness, the Continental Op is able to see what the cops canta "without bragging about it.This compilation also features two humorous sketches that Hammett wrote for Smart Set in 1923. a The Master Minda and a From the Memoirs of a Private Detectivea offer a bit of levity in the world of noir detectives, and in them both you can see the seeds of Hammetts later detective fiction.Honest Gain presents a detective with his own code and an unquenchable thirst for finding out the truth. Full Contents:Introduction by Alison Belle Bewsa The Whosis Kida a Night Shotsa a The Scorched Facea a The Gutting of Couffignala a Mike, Alec, or Rufus?a a Corkscrewa a The Master Minda a From the Memoirs of a Private Detectivea
a Now Im a detective because I happen to like the work. It pays me a fair salary, but I could find other jobs that would pay morea Now I pass up that twenty-five or thirty thousand of honest gain because I like being a detective, like the work. And liking work makes you want to do it as well as you can. Otherwise thered be no sense to it. Thats the fix I am in. I dont know anything else, dont enjoy anything else, dont want to know or enjoy anything else. You cant weigh that against any sum of money.a a " a The Gutting of Couffignala by Dashiell HammettHot on the heels of Best Cases of the Continental Op comes Honest Gain: Dicey Cases of the Continental Op, another original compilation from Skyboat Media. The Continental Op is back on the case, tracking down thieves and murderers from the steep streets of San Francisco to the rough and tumble Wild West in Arizona. These six stories featuring the Continental Op show that this private eye is not afraid to get his hands dirty in order to get the job done right, or get himself hurt in the process. With his utter lack of vanity, his shrewd sense of perception, and his gritty frankness, the Continental Op is able to see what the cops canta "without bragging about it.This compilation also features two humorous sketches that Hammett wrote for Smart Set in 1923. a The Master Minda and a From the Memoirs of a Private Detectivea offer a bit of levity in the world of noir detectives, and in them both you can see the seeds of Hammetts later detective fiction.Honest Gain presents a detective with his own code and an unquenchable thirst for finding out the truth. Full Contents:Introduction by Alison Belle Bewsa The Whosis Kida a Night Shotsa a The Scorched Facea a The Gutting of Couffignala a Mike, Alec, or Rufus?a a Corkscrewa a The Master Minda a From the Memoirs of a Private Detectivea
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| Język: | Angielski |
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