Spade & Archer

Spade & ArcherAuthor: Joe Gores ISBN: 9781409117537 Publisher: Orion Year first published: 01 Jan 2011 Pages: 352 Format: Paperback softback When Sam Spade gets drawn into the Maltese Falcon case, we know what to expect: straight talk, hard questions and no favours. We know that his late partner, Miles Archer, was a son of a bitch; that Spade is sleeping with Archer's wife. What we don't know is how Spade became who he is. Now SPADE AND ARCHER completes the

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