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The Glass Key

By Dashiell Hammett

By Dashiell Hammett

By Dashiell Hammett

By Dashiell Hammett

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Paperback $16.00

Jul 17, 1989 | ISBN 9780679722625

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Feb 09, 2011 | ISBN 9780307767493

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    About The Glass Key

    A one-time detective and master of deft understatement, Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hardboiled crime novel. This classic work of detective fiction combines an airtight plot, authentically venal characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness. Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. Did he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Madvig was innocent, which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him?

    About The Glass Key

    A one-time detective and master of deft understatement, Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hardboiled crime novel. This classic work of detective fiction combines an airtight plot, authentically venal characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness. Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. Did he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Madvig was innocent, which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him?

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    About Dashiell Hammett

    Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born in 1894 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and his family moved to Baltimore when he was five. He dropped out of high school after his freshman year and held a series of odd jobs—messenger boy,… More about Dashiell Hammett

    About Dashiell Hammett

    Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born in 1894 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and his family moved to Baltimore when he was five. He dropped out of high school after his freshman year and held a series of odd jobs—messenger boy,… More about Dashiell Hammett

    Product Details

    Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Jul 17, 1989 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679722625

    Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Feb 09, 2011 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780307767493
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    Praise

    "Hammett’s prose was clean and entirely unique. His characters were as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction. His gift of invention never tempted him beyond the limits of credibility."

    — The New York Times

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