The Dain Curse

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The Dain Curse is a 1929 hardboiled detective novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring the Continental Op as he investigates a series of bizarre, seemingly supernatural crimes surrounding a wealthy, ill-fated family.

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instanceOf hardboiled detective novel
novel
adaptationDirector E.W. Swackhamer
adaptationFormat television miniseries
adaptationNetwork CBS
adaptationReleaseYear 1978
adaptationStarred James Coburn
adaptedAs The Dain Curse (1978 miniseries)
linked to: The Dain Curse
author Dashiell Hammett
centralCharacter Gabrielle Leggett
containsElement cult rituals
locked-room mystery
murder mystery
countryOfOrigin United States
era Golden Age of detective fiction
featuresCharacter Continental Op
linked to: The Continental Op
firstPublicationForm serial
followedBy The Maltese Falcon
hasFamilyAtCenter Dain family
hasSupernaturalAppearance yes
hasTheme crime investigation
deception
drug addiction
family curse
religious cults
supernatural ambiguity
includedIn Dashiell Hammett collected works
linked to: Dashiell Hammett
language English
literaryGenre crime fiction
detective fiction
literaryMovement hardboiled school
mainCharacter Continental Op
linked to: The Continental Op
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor early example of hardboiled detective fiction
use of a nameless detective narrator
originalPublisher Alfred A. Knopf
plotDevice supposed family curse
precededBy Red Harvest
protagonistOccupation private detective
publicationYear 1929
publisherCategory American crime novel
series Continental Op stories
setInCountry United States
style hardboiled prose
supernaturalExplainedNaturalistically yes
timePeriodOfSetting 1920s

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Dashiell Hammett notableWork The Dain Curse
Jeff Bleckner notableWork The Dain Curse (miniseries)
linked to: The Dain Curse
Frank Converse notableWork The Dain Curse
The Dain Curse adaptedAs The Dain Curse (1978 miniseries)
linked to: The Dain Curse
The Continental Op appearsInWork The Dain Curse