Premium 41 - Novels as Spycraft 7 - Dashiell Hammett part 2: a Hardboiled Marxist
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[originally published on Patreon Nov 7, 2022]
Today's the second of two episodes on the hardboiled novelist Dashiell Hammett. Today I discuss several Hammett's wartime experiences, his tuberculosis, the tail end of his private detective career, and his writing career. Hammett went to Hollywood and became a committed communist, and was targeted by McCarthy and HUAC. Fundamentally, though, we can learn much from Hammett.
Songs:
I'm No Communist by Lulu Belle & Scotty
When I'm Gone by Phil Ochs
[originally published on Patreon February 1, 2024]
I continue the extended story of the Tupamaros by examining the life of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban double (or triple) agent embedded in the CIA in Uruguay. I obtained his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978) and...
Published 06/17/24
[originally published on Patreon January 25, 2024]
Today I'm rejoined by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to continue our discussion on the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We open with a discussion on the death squad as a general concept and in its specific applications in...
Published 06/17/24