by Dashiell Hammett · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141027241
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«The Thin Man» is the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Nick Charles, a retired detective, wants to enjoy a quiet Christmas in New York with his wife Nora, but the murder of an old acquaintance, Julia Wolf, and the disappearance of a man draw him back into the world of gangsters and speakeasies he thought he had escaped.
For readers of classic noir and hard-boiled detective fiction, with a gangster and speakeasy atmosphere.
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.
