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50 Years After His Death, A New Thrill From Hammett

<strong>Talk Of The Town Again:</strong> Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman hold down a table at the 21 Club on New Year's Eve 1944. Hammett, who died in January 1961, gets yet another mystery-magazine byline this week with a story called &quot;So I Shot Him.&quot; (Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Talk Of The Town Again: Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman hold down a table at the 21 Club on New Year's Eve 1944. Hammett, who died in January 1961, gets yet another mystery-magazine byline this week with a story called "So I Shot Him." (Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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