![]() Red Harvest also coined the term "blood simple" (after which the Coen Brothers' film debut is named) the phrase refers to the addled, fearful mindset people are in after a prolonged immersion in violent situations. Red Harvest is thought to have been an influence on Akira Kurosawa's film Yojimbo, and combined with The Glass Key is a heavy influence on the Coen Brothers' noir film Miller's Crossing. The novel has had a great deal of influence on later fiction, ranging from noir to samurai films. The detective is hired to clean up the place, and mayhem ensues. When called to the mining town of Personville (or as the residents more accurately call it, "Poisonville"), the Op discovers that the city is being run down by criminal gangs. ![]() ![]() It is narrated by The Continental Op, a recurring character in Hammett's world. Red Harvest is a seminal novel by Dashiell Hammett, first published in 1929. ![]()
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