Sam Spade--A Man Among Men In the novel The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett trails a semi- crooked Private Investigator on his quest for payment. The story begins with Brigid O’Shaugnessy, under the guise of being a “Miss Wonderly”, offerring the principle character, Detective Sam Spade, and his partner Miles Archer two hundred dollars To complete a simple tail job.. When Spade realizes “Miss Wonderly” is a fake, he confronts her saying if he is …showed first 75 words of 804 total…

…showed last 75 words of 804 total…extreme male stereotype. Spade chases skirts and money, not particularly caring about who he needs to double cross or trample down to get either. He calls the men by their surname and the women by pet names. One wonders if Spade is on a first name basis with anyone. I congratulate Dashiell Hammett for creating such a deplorable character who became so popular. In the era we live in now, Sam Spade would not exist.