SOURCE: "Homage to Dashiell Hammett," in Mystery Writers' Annual, April, 1964, pp. 8, 24.
Macdonald, a highly regarded author in the crime fiction genre, was the author of numerous books, including a series of novels featuring private investigator Lew Archer. In the following excerpt, he notes some minor shortcomings of Hammett's fiction, but praises him as an effective and innovative writer.
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