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Elevating mystery fiction to the level of art, Hammett is one of the finest writers of the twentieth century: Nightmare Town is a stunning collection of twenty short stories with an introduction by Colin Dexter. In the title story, a man on a bender enters a smal town and ends up unravelling the dark mystery at its heart. In three stories, Sam Spade confronts the darkness in the human soul while rolling his own cigarettes. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story, 'Ruffian's Wife'. And the first study for 'The Thin Man' sends John Guild on a murder investigation in which almost every witness may be lying. In 'Nightmare Town' Hammett shows us a world where people confront a multitude of evils...

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Hardback Editions

April 2001 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0330481096Title: Nightmare Town: Stories
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
ISBN: 0-330-48109-6 / 978-0-330-48109-0 (UK edition)
Publisher: Picador
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August 1999 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0375401113Title: Nightmare Town: Stories
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
ISBN: 0-375-40111-3 / 978-0-375-40111-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Knopf
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January 1961 : Hardback
Title: Nightmare Town
Author(s): Dashiell HAMMETT
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1948 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions

August 2002 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 033048110XTitle: NIGHTMARE TOWN: Twenty long unavailable stories
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
ISBN: 0-330-48110-X / 978-0-330-48110-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Picador
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2001 : Paperback
Title: Nightmare Town
Author(s): Dashiell. Hammett
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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September 2000 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0375701028Title: Nightmare Town: Stories
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
ISBN: 0-375-70102-8 / 978-0-375-70102-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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January 1999 : Paperback
Title: Nightmare Town
Author(s): Dashiell HAMMETT
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January 1950 : Mass Market Paperback
Title: Nightmare Town
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
Publisher: Dell
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January 1948 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B0014VL3MITitle: Nightmare Town
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
Publisher: Mercury Mystery # 120
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1945 : Paperback
Title: Nightmare Town
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
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August 2006 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B004MPQCJMTitle: Nightmare Town
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
Publisher: Old LandMark Publishing
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August 2006 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B00165EXD8Title: Nightmare Town
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
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1999 : Unknown
Title: NIGHTMARE TOWN.
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1948 : Unknown
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