# The Big Knockover

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- Book: [The Big Knockover](https://www.bookquiver.com/dashiell-hammett/the-big-knockover) ([The Big Knockover.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dashiell-hammett/the-big-knockover.md))
- Authors: [Dashiell Hammet](https://www.bookquiver.com/dashiell-hammett)
- Publisher: vintage_crime_black_lizard
- ISBN: 978-06-7972-259-5
- Pages: 480
- Published: 1989-07-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the...