SOURCE: "The Short Stories," in his Dashiell Hammett, Twayne Publishers, 1983, pp. 19-46.
Marling is an American educator and poet whose books include William Carlos Williams and the Painters (1982) and Raymond Chandler (1986). In the following excerpt, Marling presents a detailed analysis of the author's short fiction, emphasizing the allegorical aspects of the stories.
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