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- Title
Avoiding the Maltese Falcon (Part 2): The Flitcraft Parable.
- Authors
Grinder, Brian; Cooper, Dan
- Abstract
The article discusses the Flitcraft Parable in Dashiell Hammett's detective novel "The Maltese Falcon" and its relevance to finance. Topics discussed include an overview of some characters in the novel and the individuals they represent in real life, speculations surrounding the characters of Flitcraft and Charles Pierce, exclusion of the parable in movie versions of the book, and Harvard professor Mihir Desai's citing of lessons from the parable in his book "The Wisdom of Finance."
- Subjects
MALTESE Falcon, The (Book : Hammett); HAMMETT, Dashiell, 1894-1961; PARABLES in literature; MYSTERY fiction; FINANCE in literature; DESAI, Mihir; WISDOM of Finance, The (Book)
- Publication
Financial History, 2019, Issue 129, p10
- ISSN
1520-4723
- Publication type
Article