The Thin Man
$21.06
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2012
Summary
New edition of the Penguin Essential set among the speakeasies of 1930s Manhattan - hardboiled crime at its wisecracking best
‘When I opened my eyes and sat up in bed Nora was shaking me and a man with a gun in his hand was standing in the bedroom doorway.’
Ex-detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick - along with his glamorous wife…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241962527 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241962528 |
| Author: | Dashiell Hammett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 136g |
| Dimensions: | 182mm x 111mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Essentials |
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Harsh lights and romantic black shadows: this is the heyday of American crime writing
Harsh lights and romantic black shadows: this is the heyday of American crime writing * Guardian *
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About The Author
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett was born in Maryland in 1894. He grew up in Philadelphia and Baltimore. After leaving school at the age of 14, he held a variety of jobs until he finally became an operative for the legendary Pinkerton’s Detective Agency. The First World War interrupted his sleuthing, and also shattered his health. He turned to the writing of detective fiction and is regarded as one of the masters of the genre. Hammett has been a major influence on contemporary fiction. He died in 1961.
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