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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  bluetyson | Mar 7, 2009 |  It was really all about Ned. He was beaten to a pulp and all the characters connected to Ned. Paul Madvig, the corrupt politician was innocent and his running mate was the murderer of his own son. (  ) saucecav | Feb 6, 2008 | Continental Op was a great series of stories. However The Glass Key just doesn't stand up to time like the previous novel; I especially found Hammett's prose/style to be a bit annoying and the story lags at distinct intervals. I'm going to trust my instincts in believing that maybe this was a one-off situation and that his other novels, like Red Harvest, are far superior works. ( ) BruderBane | Jul 19, 2007 | kristykay22 | Jun 7, 2007 | A fun read. One suspects, reading this book, that Hammett had a number of short story ideas that got strung together into a novel by creating a frame story. Nevertheless, the device seems to work and you enjoy bouncing from episode to episode as each takes you one step nearer to the inevitable unexpected finale. (  ) opherdonchin | Feb 28, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0679722629, Paperback)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? Dashiell Hammett's tour de force of detective fiction combines an airtight plot, authentically venal characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness.A one-time detective and a master of deft understatement, Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hard-boiled crime novel. This classic Hammet work of detective fiction combines an airtight plot, authentically venal characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Oh, and also his mum. Plus his bookie owes him money.
This novel is ok, I'd probably call it around a 3.25, though.
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