- Politicians, Fiction, General, Beaumont, ned (fictitious character), fiction
En période préélectorale, il s'agit de ne pas faire de vague. Dans l'ombre, Madvig tire les ficelles, car hommes politiques et fonctionnaires sont à sa botte. Jusqu'au moment où il est soupçonné du meutre du fils du sénateur Henry, dont il soutient la candidature.
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Classical in form, grave, cool and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Dashiell Hammett
- First published
- 1931
- Pages
- 257
- Publisher
- PAN BOOKS, Grosset & Dunlap, Vintage
- Editions
- 34
- Language
- und, Spanish, Russian, tur
- ISBN
- 9781980945994
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American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), The Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.
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