Ross MacDonald - As I stood there absorbing Hammett's novel, the sl

As I stood there absorbing Hammett's novel, the slot machines at the back of the shop were clanking and whirring, and in the billiard room upstairs the perpetual poker game was being played.

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Macdonald, Ross. "Homage to Dashiell Hammett." On Crime Writing, Capra Press, 1973.

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