The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Dashiell Hammett
• Title: The Thin Man
• Publisher: ‎ Vintage Crime / Black Lizard Edition (August 1992)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Trade Paperback – 201 pages‏
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0679722637
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0679722632
• Item Weight: ‎ .56 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 5.15 x 0.63 x 7.96 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Cover Condition: Very Good

Synopsis:

In Dashiell Hammett's famous crime novel, we meet one of the detective-story master's most enchanting creations, Nick and Nora Charles, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a classic murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners.

About the Author:

Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse).

In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in The New York Times, "the dean of the… 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction." Time magazine included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on a list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.