Tag Archives: short story
The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett (1974) – BR00088 (2000) – 🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪
The “Continental Op” was described to me initially as a single collection of short stories, but the available versions are actually a collection of eight books of short stories grouped under that title.
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Plot or Premise This is a collection of short political stories from various famous authors dating back to the 1800s. What I Liked The best story of the collection is by Mark Twain, entitled The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (an interesting story of greed that corrupts an incorruptible town, prompted by a man wronged by the town). James Thurber’s story, The Greatest Man in the World, is a slightly different take on flying around the world, as a man flies non-stop while the media and public scramble to meet him and the government tries to hide the fact that his … Continue reading →
Beyond the Great Snow Mountains by Louis L’Amour (1999) – BR00050 (1999) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
The Best of Sisters in Crime by Marilyn Wallace (Editor) (1998) – BR00055 (1999) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪
A collection of shortstories from the members of Sisters-in-Crime, the association primarily for women mystery authors.
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