The Maltese Falcon is short - very short. Which makes it all the more amazing that it launched a literary genre - detective novels - and is the basis for Film Noir.
I enjoyed the book, but it's a classic example of a pop culture phenomenon that is a victim of its own success: The femme fatal - so done! The hard man with a code of honor - been there! The sarcastic, witty lines, "What makes you so hard to get along with, sweetheart," - too cliche!
This is by far the least "classic" seeming of the books on the list that I've read so far. Undoubtedly, that's because it is the most modern.
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