The Continental Op
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The Continental Op is a hard-boiled, unnamed private detective who narrates many of Dashiell Hammett’s influential crime stories for Black Mask magazine.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Continental Op canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional detective
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Black Mask NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
$106,000 Blood Money
NERFINISHED
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Corkscrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Dead Yellow Women NERFINISHED ⓘ Fly Paper NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Knockover NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dain Curse NERFINISHED ⓘ The Farewell Murder NERFINISHED ⓘ The Girl with the Silver Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Golden Horseshoe NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gutting of Couffignal NERFINISHED ⓘ The House in Turk Street NERFINISHED ⓘ The Scorched Face NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tenth Clew NERFINISHED ⓘ The Whosis Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ Zigzags of Treachery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
cynical
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observant ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ tough ⓘ unnamed ⓘ |
| creator | Dashiell Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Continental Detective Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearancePublication | Black Mask NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Continental operative
NERFINISHED
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the Op NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Philip Marlowe
NERFINISHED
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Sam Spade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ hardboiled fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | hardboiled school ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
private detective
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private investigator ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | pulp magazine ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Maltese Falcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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