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Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature
Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)
Leaven of Malice
The Salterton Trilogy
Effi Briest (Penguin Classics)
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
Cases And Materials On The Law Of Torts
Public Law : Cases Materials and Commentary
A Property Law Reader
The Maltese Falcon is all about deception. Sam and Brigid are such pathological liars that I seriously doubt anything they say. But that's what makes The Maltese Falcon such an endearing work: it's an experimental glance into the human mind, and a fairly successful one at that. Hammett creates a world that functions on a simple thriller/murder-mystery level and that also points to more philosophical matters. Do good and evil exist? Sam Spade seems to tacitly agree when he plays by his own version of those rules. Does that make Sam - or anyone else, for that matter - a good or evil person? What's at the heart of a lying and deceitful person like Sam? The Maltese Falcon gives us Dashiell Hammett's views on these matters, and they certainly are intriguing. Best of all, The Maltese Falcon works as a simple mystery too, in case you're not thrilled about diving headfirst into Sam Spade's hard-boiled morality.There's really no excuse not to read The Maltese Falcon. It's a great piece of detective fiction.