Justice In Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon
"revolves around a very valuable medieval relic - the statuette of a falcon - which is taken in secret from the east to the city of San Francisco, California. In their wake follow greedy adventurers who do everything to have her. The private detective Sam Spade enters this battle when his partner is murdered after getting involved with a seductive young and smart. Immune to sentimental illusions, used to dealing with gangsters and corrupt police, Spade gun a subtle game of alliances and betrayals, determined to come out the winner. Preserves elementary notions of justice, but is willing to go to the limit.
When publishing The Maltese Falcon (1932), Dashiell Hammett transformed the detective stories once and for all. With a style that has been