Title: Vollmann meets Hammett in the Tenderloin
Product review: The Royal Family is William Vollmann's answer to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. Vollmann retraces Sam Spade's steps through San Francisco's Tenderloin at the end of the 20th Century. Terribly entertaining!
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