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This exciting novel about Dashiell Hammett ( The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man ) and Lillian Hellman ( The Children'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 Hellman's relationship evolves during major artistic and political epochsHollywood's heyday, the New York literary scene, the Spanish Civil War, McCarthyism, and both world warsand 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. Review ''Toperoff captures time and place and most importantly two vital people. It is not easy to write about writers, but with energy and wit and skill, Toperoff brings Hellman and Hammett's talent and pain directly into the present.'' --George Vecsey, former sports columnist, New York Times I have been reading Sam Toperoff's fiction for decades. He is a wonderful writer, shameful

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Author

Toperoff, Sam

Publisher

Other Press, LLC

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590515693

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (24 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14