The Glass Key
$33.34
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2012
Summary
The Glass Key: A Moral Code in a Corrupt City
Ned Beaumont, a tall, thin, moustache-wearing, TB-ridden, drinking, gambling hanger-on, serves as the right-hand man to a corrupt city’s political boss. Despite his vices, Beaumont, like all of Hammett’s heroes, possesses an unbreakable, albeit idiosyncratic, moral code.
His boss aims to climb the social ladder by marrying a senator’s daughter. But is he willing to commit murder to achieve his ambition? If he’s innocent, who is f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409138044 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409138046 |
| Series: | Murder Room |
| Author: | Dashiell Hammett |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 198mm x 20mm |
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His name remains one of the most important and recognisable in the crime fiction genre. Hammett set the standard for much of the work that would follow
Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best * THE TIMES *Great crime fiction started with Hammett – James EllroyHe is master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer * BOSTON GLOBE *He put these people down on paper as they are, and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used – Raymond ChandlerHis name remains one of the most important and recognisable in the crime fiction genre. Hammett set the standard for much of the work that would follow * INDEPENDENT *The dean of the school of hard-boiled fiction * NEW YORK TIMES *One of the foremost practitioners of the hard-boiled detective story * SCOTSMAN *
About The Author
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was born in Maryland and worked in a number of menial jobs until he became an operative for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. His experiences as a private detective laid the foundations for his writing career. His work includes Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, The Thin Man and some eighty short stories, mostly published in Black Mask magazine.
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