One character in this novel indicates another's demise by drawing a "G" in theair with her finger.
One character in this novel indicates another's demise by drawing a "G" in theair with her finger. The ship La Paloma catches fire shortly after it arrives from HongKong. In this novel, a character referred to as "the fat man" tells of a tribute paid bythe (+) Knights Hospitallers to Charles V. The protagonist is pursued by his partner'srecent widow, Iva, and is questioned by Lieutenant Dundy and Tom Polhaus. (*)Miles Archer and Floyd Thursby are shot after the protagonist is hired by a girl with pseudonym Wonderly named Brigid O'Shaughnessy. The protagonist is later commissioned by Joel Cairo to find the title object, which turns about to be a forgery from the Russian Kemidov. For ten points, name this novel in which Sam Spade investigates a bird statuette, written by Dashiell Hammett.
One character in this novel indicates another's demise by drawing a "G" in theair with her finger.
The Maltese Falcon