He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him look at… — Dashiell Hammett · Skopia

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He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him look at the works.

Dashiell Hammett

Black Mask · 1930

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Topic

Moment of realization Inflection points

Statement type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Genre

Detective fiction

Medium

Time

Person

Dashiell Hammett

Provenance

Current citation

Hammett, Dashiell. "The Maltese Falcon." The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest. Everyman's Library, 2000, ch. 7.

Original citation

Hammett, Dashiell. "The Maltese Falcon." Black Mask, Sept. 1929 - Jan. 1930. Serial.

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