- Fiction in English, Charles, nick (fictitious character), fiction, Charles, nora (fictitious character), fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners.
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Classical in form, resolved, cool and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Dashiell Hammett
- First published
- 1934
- Pages
- 201
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited, Debate, Alianza
- Editions
- 42
- Language
- Russian, English, German, French
- ISBN
- 9780394717746
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- Fiction in English
- Charles, nick (fictitious character), fiction
- Charles, nora (fictitious character), fiction
- New york (n.y.), fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Private investigators, fiction
- Fiction
- Private investigators
- Nick Charles (Fictitious character)
- Nora Charles (Fictitious character)
- Women detectives
- Married people
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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