Dimensions
140 x 208 x 28mm
This exciting novel about Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man) and Lillian Hellman (The Childrenandamp;rsquo;s Hour) reintroduces their larger-than-life personalities and the vicissitudes of their affair that spanned three decades. Toperoff reimagines the highs and lows of a fast-living, hard-drinking literary couple, and their individual passions, projects, and literary creations. Hammett and Hellmanandamp;rsquo;s relationship evolves during major artistic and political epochsandamp;mdash;Hollywoodandamp;rsquo;s heyday, the New York literary scene, the Spanish Civil War, McCarthyism, and both world warsandamp;mdash;and each movement is captured with subjectivity and credible insight. Populated with writers, drinkers, filmmakers, and revolutionaries, Lillian and Dash chronicles the unusual affair of two prominent and headstrong figures.
