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I generally don’t like getting into the nitty-gritty of political gamesmanship, but such is the writing skill of Dashiell Hammett and the appeal of his
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Shot on the beautiful island of Majorca (now famous as the home of Rafael Nadal), featuring a stellar cast and faithfully adapting Agatha Christie’s clever