The Glass Key
The Glass Key
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Corruption, murder, beauty and innocence . . . 'Great crime fiction started with Hammett' James Ellroy
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The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
Corruption, murder, beauty and innocence . . . 'Great crime fiction started with Hammett' James Ellroy 'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMES Ned Beaumont is a tall, thin, moustache-wearing, TB-ridden, drinking, gambling, hanger-on to the political boss of a corrupt Eastern city. Nevertheless, like every Hammett hero (and like Hammett himself), he has an unbreakable, if idiosyncratic, moral code. Ned's boss wants to better himself with a thoroughbred senator's daughter; but does he want it badly enough to commit murder? If he's innocent, who wants him in the frame? Beaumont must find out.
Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best * THE TIMES *
Great crime fiction started with Hammett -- James Ellroy
He 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 Chandler
His name remains one of the most important and recognisable in the crime fiction genreHammett 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 *
Great crime fiction started with Hammett -- James Ellroy
He 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 Chandler
His name remains one of the most important and recognisable in the crime fiction genreHammett 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 *
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was born in Maryland, left school at 14 and had several jobs - messenger boy, newsboy, clerk, timekeeper, yardman, machine operator and stevedore - 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 The Maltese Falcon, Red Harvest, The Glass Key, The Thin Man and some eighty short stories, mostly published in Black Mask magazine.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781409138044 |
| ISBN 10 | 1409138046 |
| Title | The Glass Key |
| Author | Dashiell Hammett |
| Series | Murder Room |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2012-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |