THE ROAD HOME
Peter Collinson (Dashiell Hammett)
Hammett’s first crime story, “The Road Home,” appeared in The Black Mask (also founded by Mencken and Nathan) under the pseudonym Peter Collinson.
“The Road Home” is a neat little story, little more than a few pages, perhaps, but it certainly packs a punch. It’s a taut, minimalist tale of honour and treachery, violence and duty. Hagedorn is a gaunt, grey-eyed manhunter who’s been on the trail on the criminal Barnes for over two years. It’s never quite explained what Barnes’ crime is — or why exactly Hagedorn’s been after him for two years, following him overseas, through countless ports and deep into the jungle, despite a wife and daughter back home in New York. Hagedorn mentions, briefly, a promise made to his “people” but that’s about all we know about his motivations — or need to know.
Year:
1922
Publisher:
Munsey's
Language:
english
File:
EPUB, 60 KB
IPFS:
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english, 1922