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V. Detective Novels
1. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
2. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
3. The Murder in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe
4. Ice Blues by Richard Stevenson
5. A Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
6. The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexa ... ... Mysteries)
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett ... "tight" throughout the story.
I've never read this, but loved all those crazy 1930s Nick and Nora movies. How about The Thin Man?
Glancing through The New Lifetime Reading Plan, I can't come up with too many classics where drinking is a real major theme. Again, The Mayor of Casterb ... ... On Rye (1982)
* Barfly (script) (1984)
* Hollywood (1989)
* Pulp (1994)
Dashiell Hammett's Thin Man novels would probably also fill the bill. As I recall, Nick and Nora were pretty much always drinking. ... Disorders
3. Jeffrey Deaver, The Bone Collector
4. Charles Finch, The Fleet Street Murders
5. Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man
6. Erin Hart, False Mermaid
7. Tamara Siler Jones, Ghosts in the Snow
8. Gilbert Morris, The Mermaid in the Basement
9. Elizabeth Peters, Borrower ... ... Hammett - Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett - The Dain Curse
Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett - The Thin Man
Hammettʻs Thin Man Also loved The Thin Man. Can they ever drink! 34. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Nick and Nora Charles with their dog Asta live in high society New York and in between witty remarks and martinis find time to solve crime. In The Thin Man Nick is asked to help find Richard Wynant and solve the murder of a young woman. During the ... Title: The Thin Man
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Category: Mysteries/Thrillers
Total Books: 34/81
Nick and Nora Charles with their dog Asta live in high society New York and in between witty remarks and martinis find time to solve crime. In The Thin Man Nick is asked to help find Richard W ... ... exceedingly well-written with enjoyable characters. (I think some of the Raymond Chandler stories, Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man, and a number of Georgette Heyer's mysteries might be exceptions).
Then I started daydreaming: wouldn't it be wonderful if someone invented some sort of ... flissp
I do like Dashiell Hammett. I have read The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man and I have The Dain Curse which I intend to read soon, I hope. It was intended for the 999 challenge but I might save it so I don't have to race through it. As I said above, "vintage" to me refers to age-- ... ... the end of the first year! Been a bit slack updating, so here are the last batch:
56. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
57. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
58. Che: a Graphic Autobiography by Spain Rodriguez
59. Me Cheeta: the Autobiography (by James Lever)
60. 2001: a Space Odys ... From Tiddleyboom's library I would like to read The Thin Man by Dashiel Hammett. I love the William Powell/Myrna Loy movies and would like to read the original work. The Thin Man ... but with a modern sensibility.
Farewell My Lovely
The Big Sleep
The Long Goodbye
The Maltese Falcon
The Thin Man
You either enjoy noir or you don't. If you do, these are all amazing.
Borges
Ficciones
Labyrinths
Hell Yeah.
Flann O'Brien
At Swim-Two-Birds
... ... talking about her books on the Daily Show and rented the Incredibles just to hear her in the role of Violet.
Still have The Thin Man going on audio, but only two hours left. Not sure what I'll listen to next. Finished both my audiobook and my print book from last week yesterday.
Started a new audiobook The Thin Man, but have yet to decide on my next print book.. Assassination Vacation or Julie and Julia?
I was also missing from part of the conversation last week where people were talking ... ... Ocean 5.16 (com)
13 Eats, Shoots and Leaves 5.25 (NLS)
14 Wicked 7.1 (NLS)
15 The Wordy Shipmates 7.14 (com)
16 The Thin Man 7.22 (NLS)
17 Growing up Cuban in Decatur, Georgia 7.23 (com)
18 Tears of the Giraffe 8.1 (NLS) ...
Camilla
Tom Jones
The Pilgrim's Progress
Aesop's Fables
Shaka Zulu
The Three Musketeers
Silas Marner
The Thin Man ... 05/30/09
177. The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald 05/30/09
178. Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy 05/31/09
179. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett 05/31/09
180. "The Marquise of O" by Heinrich von Kleist 05/31/09
FILM: Late Spring (1949) 179. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett 05/31/09
180. "The Marquise of O" by Heinrich von Kleist by Heinrich von Kleist At least the list includes Nick and Nora Charles from The Thin Man, even if it is missing Lord Peter. And it does have Kipling's Kim and he's a favorite of mine. I confess to admitting that I think they could have left James Bond off the list. He's a memorable character, but (IMHO) the books ... ... might try another of his, which was more original, I think, Red Harvest. His Nick and Nora Charles series (starting with The Thin Man) are more fun as well. And for another writer of the period, try Cornell Woolrich with The Bride Wore Black or Rear Window, or Before the Fact by Anthony ... ... high school text that is likely appreciated in a different way by those of us well out of high school.
About to start The Thin Man by Hammet for a bit of fun reading in the sun.
I'm currently reading The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett. I like the idea that Nick Charles is a happily married detective. Makes a pleasant change.
The style is not as plushy writing as in The Maltese Falcon, but not as dry as The Continental Op. Which is a ghastly story! Agree agree about Hammett, the lazy sod. Right in the middle of The Thin Man there's that long story about a cannibal. A filler for a thin book or what? And that reminds me, if you want to become a whaler, skip most of Moby Dick and read the huge chunk of instructions.
I love James M. Cai ... ... Adrien Danglard -- Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas
Nick Charles/Nora Charles -- The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Sergeant Cribb/Constable Thackery -- Swing, Swing Together by Peter Lovesey
Hercule Poirot/Captain Hastings (although Hastings ... 51. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett. A very good story, well told. Nick is constantly trying not to solve the crime, others believe he is trying to solve it, and keep giving him misinformation and lies to distract him. The final scene is deftly done and the ending is unexpected. Much better than ... ... crime I like crime-noir authors like Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep) and Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man).
Related to crime, I've liked spy novels, anything by John le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is really good, and the movie with Richard Burt ... I've read The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man and I have The Dain Curse on my 999 shelf. I love Hammett. BTW Don't confuse the movie of The Thin Man with the book--the book is Hammett, the movie is Hollywood. ... and I was really surprised by that! Thanks all for great suggestions.
Also, just rediscovered another Christmas movie--The Thin Man with Myrna Loy and William Powell, based on the fabulous Dashiell Hammett. ... Wolfe {4/30}
12. Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo {5/29}
13. The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald {5/30}
14. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett {5/31}
15. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque {6/3}
16. Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller {6/7}
17. Under the ... French Women Don't Get Fat
The Thin Man
Skinny Legs and All
The Sweet Potato Queen's Big-Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner)
Little Birds ... makes my heart go pitter pat.
Siub, Costco online has a complete set of Pink Panther's for sale. And I have a set of Thin Man also! Except mine are on laser disk which I believe is sort of obsolete now.
The person below me wishes he/she had a free drink right now. ...
1. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
2. The Bad Seed by William March
3. In The Woods by Tana French
4. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
5. Mind's Eye by Hakan Nesser
6. Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott
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3. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers DONE, 5/16/09
4. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
5. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
6. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin DONE, 12/28/09
7. L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy DONE, 12/26/08
8. The Eyre Aff ... The Thin Man by Dashiel Hammett
Thin Air by William Leonard Marshall
Demon of the Air by Simon Levack
The Rose Demon by P.C. Doherty
In Search of the Black Rose by Carolyn Keene
... me--I hope you will comment on them as you read them so I can choose which ones I might like.
I think you will like The Thin Man. I read it many years ago. Last year I pick up The Dain Curse which I plan to use in my mystery category. I'm also going to read some Chandler--I've never ... ... ystery
1.Murder Must Advertise
2.Nine Tailors
3.Have His Carcase
4.Documents In the Case
5.The Moonstone
6.The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
7.Nemesis by Agatha Christie
8.The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
9.The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
Science Fiction
... (as first conceived by, and with the permission of, extrajoker)
The Thin Man with The Black Goatee was Obsessed with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time until he found at least a Seven-per-cent Solution.
... also (must be in the air). I read The Glass Key a while back, finished The Maltese Falcon a week ago and just finished The Thin Man this morning. Started Red Harvest just a bit ago. All of them are good stories and don't take to long to read.
Finished my first Jane Austen novel this ... ... Murder in the Madhouse.
During the Investigation, Three Witnesses told them to look Behind the Green Door for The Thin Man with The Black Goatee.
After capturing the Rogue Male, they listened to The Murderer's Tale. "I only do Random Acts of Senseless Violence because Th ... The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Ah The Thin Man seems to be the perfect accompanyment to percoset you could always go on to something in the same vein like The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Hmm miss-read thinking of virago-ish baby names reminds me of when my sister deputized me to veto any baby names that had bad literary ... Rob, perhaps you should follow up reading The Thin Man by watching the film with William Powell and Myrna Loy and noting any changes made to the story! A good film to watch while recuperating in a Percocet haze! Hope you feel much better soon! ... hard to concentrate on prose as rich as Nadine Gordimer's when you're on Percocet, so I'm finishing up Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Not a Virago, but great nonetheless. ... I keep putting it down and switching around...I think I like Raymond Chandler better, but then again, Hammett did write The Thin Man, which is just such a brilliant, wonderful concept--a well-to-do couple who drink martinis and live out of hotel suites and solve mysteries...when they're not ... The Thin Man/Big Boned
Nineteen Minutes/100 Years of Solitude
Slow Man/Fast Women
The Master/The Idiot
White Teeth/Black Beauty ... 40's
Raymond Chandler
The big sleep
The lady in the Lake
or
Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese falcon
The thin man
A different twist with Native American with themes;
Tony Hillerman
A thief of time : a novel
The Wailing Wind
If you want to try Historical ... ... the only person in the whole book who interested me at all was God the bookshop owner (and he's barely there).
54. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Ah, now, that's the way to write mystery novels. Sparkling and snappy.
55. The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W.E. Bowman I bought The Thin Man by Dashiel Hammett as well as Dune (SF Masterworks Hardcover).
You've got to be kidding me, there's no touchstone for Dune? 4 Cayce
I love The Thin Man! Never read the book, though.
Also, I like your username :)
And to make this more on-topic, not a literary character but my cat is named Asimov after (obviously) Isaac Asimov. I have a cat named Nora, for Nora Charles of The Thin Man -- though honesty compels me to admit that I'm a greater fan of the film version of the character than the one in the book. ... but if you look I my library, it will attest the value of drama to literature.
When Nick Charles, uh. . .William Powell, The Thin Man reads the letter that announces the death of Mister Roberts in the war he so desperately wanted to get to, it just breaks my heart.
All I can say is, Thank G ... ...
27. Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green
April:
28. Psychopathia Sexualis by Krafft-Ebbing
29. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
30. The Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono
31. Knowledge for the Afterlife by Theodor Abt and Erik Hornung
32. Death of ... ... in relation to the book's author, this could increase the value. Suppose you had Lillian Hellman's copy of The Thin Man, with her bookplate. Because of her association with Dashiell Hammett, that copy would be more valuable than one in like condition without the plate.
As ... ... Rabbit by John Updike (yes, I hear they're fabulous, but have never interested me).
-The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett. These have been on my "to read" list for over 20 years and I haven't read them yet. Probably never will.
-War and Peace, by Tols ... Passing for Thin: losing half my weight and finding mysellf byFrances Kuffel
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Fat, Forty and Fired by Nigel Marsh
Fat Girl by Judith Moore
The Incredible Shrinking Critic: 75 pounds and counting by Jami Bernard If you liked Raymond Chandler, try Dashiell Hammet.
The Thin Man
The Maltese Falcon ... of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Travels with Charley, by John Steinbeck
Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man (and others in the series)
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog!), by Jerome K. Jerome
The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum (remember Toto ... ... History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes
36. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
37. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett (Done)
38. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (Done)
39. Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen (Done)
40. Between Existentialism ... ... books is an "historical mystery", you'll get a dose of history and art education with usually a good read.
BTW: Would The Thin Man count as a historical mystery today? While a contemporary work, it is pre WWII...
Even if it doesn't, if you only seen the movies with William Powell and Myr ... ... Gaiman
--Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
--The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
--The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
--The Road to Ubar by Nicholas Clapp
--The Collected Traveler: Morocco by Barrie Kerper
The first three and the last ... I'm currently reading The Thin Man and Darkly Dreaming Dexter. The last five...
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
Gambit by Rex Stout
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
the Seville Communion by Arturo Perez-Reverte
I finished The Brief History of the Dead last night. My current audiobook for commuting is The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett. My early prediction: Nick and Nora die of cirrhosis of the liver long about chpater 10.
I think the next book up is One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Do ... ... with some very different ideas about the characters than the folks who just read the book.
Currently, I'm listening to The Thin Man. Very pleasant way to pass the drive, when I can't stand to listen to NPR for another minute. ... least to start with.)
My personal favorites by Hammett are The Dain Curse and The Glass Key. As attractively as The Thin Man filmed - I don't like the book. It's spare to the point of disappearance, among other things. But of course that ignores The Maltese Falcon; also excellent. ...
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