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Hardboiled Activist: The Work and Politics of Dashiell Hammett

Some critics and biographers of Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, claim that evidence of his Marxism can be found in his stories and novels. This new study, by conducting an extensive survey of his short stories (published and unpublished), novels and screen stories, demonstrates that it was only at the end of his writing career that Hammett embraced Marxism, which was—almost literally—a lifesaver for him.Hardboiled Activist also shows that, rather than being an innocent abroad, duped into following every twist and turn of Communist Party policy, Hammett knew exactly what he was doing, and, by taking a fresh look at the beliefs which others find controversial, Fuller corrects the distortions of some earlier accounts, thus allowing the reader to gain a rounded view of the real Hammett.The book painstakingly traces Hammett’s political trajectory, from the nihilist who found life meaningless, to the anti-fascist campaigner who championed the cause of the Spanish Republic, to the defender of civil rights who chose to go to prison rather than betray his principles during the McCarthy period.

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• Title : Hardboiled Activist: The Work and Politics of Dashiell Hammett


• Language : English


• ISBN-10 : 1899155066

 

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Hardboiled Activist also shows that, rather than being an innocent abroad, duped into following every twist and turn of munist Party policy, Hammett knew exactly what he was doing, and, by taking a fresh look at the beliefs which others find controversial, Fuller corrects the distortions of some earlier accounts, thus allowing the reader to ...
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The most outstanding contribution of the book is Fuller’s discussion of Hammett’s politics in Chapter 7, “Hardboiled activist.” Many of those who have written about Hammett hold him in contempt for accepting the “Soviet line” and rejecting anti Stalinism.
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Hardboiled Activist: the Work and Politics of Dashiell Hammett by Ken Fuller Praxis Press: Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain, 2017. $25. 334 Pp. Revewed by Roger Keeran July 11, 2017
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HARDBOILED ACTIVIST: THE WORK AND POLITICS OF DASHIELL HAMMETT. BY Ken Fuller. Praxis Press. 334 pages. £19.99 $25. ISBN 978 1 899155 06 4. Reviewed by Jim Burns
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Hardboiled Activist: The Work and Politics of Dashiell Hammett by Ken Fuller. Albert Ruben is the author of The People’s Lawyer: The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Fight for Social Justice from Civil Rights to Guantánamo (Monthly Review Press, 2012).
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The Radicalization of Dashiell Hammett | Monthly Review
In his review of Hardboiled Activist: The Work and Politics of Dashiell Hammett by Ken Fuller, Albert Ruben debunks popular arguments about Hammett's consistent radicalism. Instead, he highlights Fuller's research to point to Hammett's process of radicalization—from nihilism to communism—and the events that shaped his life and work.
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