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Title: Red Harvest
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Narrator: Richard Ferrone
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-12-11
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 274 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
When the last honest citizen of Poisonville was murdered, the Continental Op stayed on to punish the guilty--even if that meant taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain. From the author of The Maltese Falcon.
Critic Reviews:
"Dashiell Hammett is an original. He is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer." (Boston Globe)
Members Reviews:
Great story, great narration, terrible reccording
If you could sum up Red Harvest in three words, what would they be?
Bad audio engineer
What did you like best about this story?
Tight, complex, hard-boiled noir/detective thriller. Classic Dashiell Hammett.
Would you be willing to try another one of Richard Ferrones performances?
Maybe. His narration and voice-acting is great. But there is this audio artifact from the recording where a lot of initial consonants are cut off, probably from an improperly-adjusted noise-gate. So for example, the words "she" and "he" both come out pronounced "E". This is distracting, and it also makes it hard to follow some of what is going on.
The Op takes the case.
Where does Red Harvest rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?
Red Harvest is a the one of the best action audiobooks I Listened to so far
Who was your favorite character and why?
The Op is my second most favorite detective Hammett ever wrote. Right after Sam Spade.
Have you listened to any of Richard Ferrones other performances before? How does this one compare?
I listened him do Hammett other Op story, The Dain Curse. His performance in this audio was better.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes this was one those books.
Any additional comments?
Hammett writes the best stories. They also make great audiobooks.
Interestingly, The Op nevers quotes Ezekiel 25:17.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend it, but with the caveat that while this is a good hardboiled novel, listeners wanting to introduce themselves to Hammett should go for "The Maltese Falcon" read by William Dufris.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Red Harvest?
There is one point where The Op gets into a car with some gangsters and, going to another gangster's building, firebombs it like the Rojos in "A Fistful Of Dollars". The whole thing gloriously devolves into huge gunfight in the street.
The Continental Op is, like, the most hardboiled dude in the universe. Before this, I've only listened to Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Glass Key", and The Op leaves Sam Spade and Ned Beaumont in the dust.
What aspect of Richard Ferrones performance would you have changed?
There were a couple points in the reading where I believed Ferrone was misinterpreting character dialogue. I also think, but am not sure, that at one point he got voices mixed up.
Other than that, I liked him. His gravelly first-person narration adds yet another level of hardboiled to this already ridiculously hardboiled book.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Reading this after the (relatively) restrained "Falcon" and "Key", I was delighted at just how over-the-top the story is. If memory serves, less than ten people die in "Falcon" and in "Key".
