The Dain Curse

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The
Dain Curse

by
Dashiell Hammett

author of
Red Harvest

Grosset & Dunlap
PublishersNew York

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Copyright 1928, 1929 by Alfred A. Knopf, inc.

all rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or parts thereof in any work

  • Published July, 1929
  • Second Printing August, 1929
  • Third Printing August, 1929

Manufactured in the United States of America

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To
Albert S. Samuels

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CONTENTS


Part One: The Dains

I·EIGHT DIAMONDS·3
II·LONG-NOSE·12
III·SOMETHING BLACK·20
IV·THE VAGUE HARPERS·34
V·GABRIELLE·40
VI·THE MAN FROM DEVIL’S ISLAND·56
VII·THE CURSE·63
VIII·BUT AND IF·75

Part Two: The Temple

IX·TAD’S BLIND MAN·83
X·DEAD FLOWERS·94
XI·GOD·108
XII·THE UNHOLY GRAIL·121

Part Three: Quesada

XIII·THE CLIFF ROAD·137
XIV·THE CRUMPLED CHRYSLER·149
​XV·I’VE KILLED HIM·160
XVI·THE NIGHT HUNT·171
XVII·BELOW DULL POINT·184
XVIII·THE PINEAPPLE·194
XIX·THE DEGENERATE·204
XX·THE HOUSE IN THE COVE·218
XXI·AARONIA HALDORN·233
XXII·CONFESSIONAL·247
XXIII·THE CIRCUS·262


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