The Thin Man

Informationen zum Autor Dashiell Hammett Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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, Nora - can't resist making a few enquiries.

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Product details

• Authors: Dashiell Hammett
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.04.2012
• EAN: 9780241962527
• ISBN: 978-0-241-96252-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Essential Penguin; Penguin Essentials; Penguin Essentials; Essential Penguin
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction