ART HISTORY THRILLERS
In his introduction to The Maltese Falcon, the author Dashiell Hammett outlined how Sam Spade differed from his illustrious predecessors: “Spade has no original …For your private detective does not want to be an erudite solver of riddles in the Sherlock Holmes manner; he wants to be a hard and shifty fellow, able to … Read more
There is growing evidence that reading may provide a longer term ‘blissful’ effect than the onslaught of motion pictures, theater films, or streaming TV. While motion pictures function primarily as a visual art form dependent on externalized action and kinetic narrative, the novel excels in mapping the interiority of the human experience. The unique … Read more