The Claim

Something new was brewing in the literary genres of the 1920’s, and Dashiell Hammett was at the forefront. A detective mystery was beginning to take on a new shape, one that would appeal to the changing audience .The roaring twenties were bringing out a new culture, with looser morals and a desire to hear about the liminal line between law and crime. Dashiell Hammett’s new character, Samuel Spade, epitomizes the new detective and allows Hammett to start a genre of his own, hard-boiled fiction.