by Dashiell Hammett · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420637594
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«La llave de cristal» is the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (254 pages, in Spanish).
Ned Beaumont, bodyguard to a gangster, investigates a homicide in the pre-election atmosphere of an American city dominated by two rival gangs. The plot combines the brute force of organised crime with criticism of political life and morally ambiguous characters.
Translation by Fernando Calleja Gutiérrez. Work originally published in 1931 and included in the Biblioteca Hammett collection of Alianza Editorial.
For readers of classic hardboiled fiction and for those seeking a suspense story with a political backdrop and morally ambiguous characters.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.
