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PEOPLE/ARTS Wednesday 29 november 2017
A long-lost Dashiell Hammett story has been reissued

By HILLEL ITALIE Robinson, a fireman and had for an instant been a
AP National Writer author who had purchased dark stain on the mirrored
NEW YORK (AP) — The pub- a copy of True Police Stories brow was only a pendant
lication of a long-lost Dashi- at an auction and noticed lock of hair. He studied the
ell Hammett story was itself the Hammett story. Un- face in the glass until his
an act of sleuthing. able to find the story in any pulse was steady. Then he
"The Glass That Laughed," Hammett bibliography, he went for his water and re-
a brief, hallucinatory contacted crime fiction turned to bed. But he could
work about a fratricidal author-blogger Kevin Bur- not sleep."
killer haunted by his vic- ton Smith, who also was un- The story's reissue comes
tim's face, will run online familiar with "The Glass That the same week as the pub-
Wednesday in Electric Liter- Laughed." lication of "The Big Book of
ature (https://electriclitera- "He posted a query to the the Continental Op," the
ture.com). The story ran in Facebook page of the first comprehensive collec-
the November 1925 issue of Dashiell Hammett Reading tion of Hammett's fiction
True Police Stories, a maga- Group, with the hope that featuring the unnamed
zine billed as an "organ of I'd see the news, which I private investigator from
the New York Police De- did," Rivett said. the Continental Detective
partment," and soon disap- In an introduction that will In this Nov. 7, 1947 file photo, novelist Dashiell Hammett, au- Agency. The new book
thor of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man," appears in New
peared. Its rediscovery was run in Electric Literature, York. includes another Ham-
made possible by social Rivett and Hammett biog- Associated Press mett rarity, "Three Dimes,"
media. rapher Richard Layman a 1,367-word fragment
Hammett's granddaughter write that Hammett was suf- tese Falcon" and "The Glass up, stares in his bedroom about a teen employee
and literary trustee, Julie M. fering physically and finan- Key" and from meeting mirror and wonders if he at a stationary store who
Rivett, told The Associated cially at the time "The Glass playwright Lillian Hellman, sees the face of his mur- is suspected of pocketing
Press that she saw a post- That Laughed" first ran. He who became his longtime dered twin Eric. sales.
ing on a Hammett reading was 31, ill with tuberculosis partner. "In the dim light, hair rum- "We cannot know what
group on Facebook that and supporting his wife and "He was desperate for a pled, face paler than ordi- circumstances prevented
referred to a story no one child with VA disability pay- paycheck, however small," nary, the face in the glass him from finishing the tale,"
had heard of before. ments and a variety of writ- according to Rivett and was too like Eric's not to Rivett says of Hammett,
"It took a team of Hammett ings, from detective stories Layman. startle Norman," Hammett who died in 1961. "But the
fans to bring this story to to poetry and criticism. The story begins with stark writes. fact that he did not physi-
light," she explained. He was still a few years images of slanting moon- "He brushed a hand across cally abandon those few
"The Glass That Laughed" away from writing such light and an empty carafe his forehead and blew his pages suggests he valued
was first spotted by Daniel classic novels as "The Mal- as Norman Bacher wakes breath out sharply. What their potential."q
Keith Olbermann CNN's Blitzer fights back

ends GQ run, retires against Trump's attack

from talking politics

By DAVID BAUDER
Olbermann has starred AP Media Writer
in a series of online video NEW YORK (AP) — CNN
commentaries about the fought back against Presi-
Trump presidency for GQ dent Donald Trump on
Magazine titled "The Resis- Monday with a lengthy
tance." video showing its report-
Olbermann said the epi- ers in dangerous situations
sode released Monday and Wolf Blitzer saying that
would be his final one. He despite the insults, "even
says the series was intend- the loudest critics can't si-
ed to be a temporary two- lence the facts."Trump has
month project. criticized CNN for "fake
news" for the entirety of
Olbermann says he has his presidency. Over the
said everything he has to Thanksgiving weekend, he This combination photo shows CNN's Wolf Blitzer at the Turner
say on Trump and would took particular aim at the Network 2017 Upfront presentation in New York on May 17,
like to enjoy some of his life CNN International by say- 2017, left, and President Donald Trump at the Trump National
In this Oct. 24, 2011, file photo, again. He adds that there ing on Twitter that the net- Golf Club in Sterling, Va., on Dec. 2, 2015.
political pundit Keith Olber- Associated Press
mann leaves a taping of the is "no illness, no scandal, work lies and represents
"Late Show with David Letter- no firing" to blame for his the U.S. poorly to the world. Rico, North Korea and Ban- dent, as the press should
man," in New York. departure. CNN was a target again gladesh, with a soundtrack be."Trump took a more
Associated Press GQ referred to Olber- on Monday.Blitzer, on CNN of bullets and bombs."CNN general media shot on
mann's remarks when Monday afternoon, said and CNN International are Monday, tweeting: "We
NEW YORK (AP) — Keith asked for comment on his the network's reporters risk not sponsored by any state should have a contest as to
Olbermann says he is so departure. their lives in the world's or autocrat or any political which of the Networks, plus
certain President Donald most dangerous places organization," Blitzer said. CNN and not including Fox,
Trump will be impeached Olbermann has previously every day. He showed a "Despite the constant criti- is the most dishonest, cor-
or resign that he is "retiring hosted shows on MSNBC, four-minute clip reel of cism of the president, we rupt and/or distorted in its
from political commentary Current TV, ESPN and Fox CNN reports from Iraq, are unwavering in our mis- political coverage of your
in all media venues." Sports.q Syria, Afghanistan, Puerto sion — free and indepen- favorite president (me). q