Dashiell Hammett
Glass Key
Paperback
(Orion Feb. 1, 2012)
Dashiell Hammett's strangest and most personal work - 'Great crime fiction started with Hammett' James EllroyNed Beaumont is a tall, thin, moustache-wearing, TB-ridden, drinking, gambling, hanger-on to the political boss of a corrupt Eastern city.Nevertheless, like every Hammett hero (and like Hammett himself), he has an unbreakable, if idiosyncratic, moral code. Ned's boss wants to better himself with a thoroughbred senator's daughter; but does he want it badly enough to commit murder If he's innocent, who wants him in the frame Beaumont must find out.
- ISBN
- 1409138046 / 9781409138044
- Weight
- 7.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 0.8
in.