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| Original Title: | The Glass Key |
| ISBN: | 0752851330 (ISBN13: 9780752851334) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Ned Beaumont, Paul Madvig, Sen. Ralph Bancroft Henry, Janet Henry, Shad O'Rory |
Dashiell Hammett
Paperback | Pages: 214 pages Rating: 3.96 | 10573 Users | 515 Reviews
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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.
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| Title | : | The Glass Key |
| Author | : | Dashiell Hammett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 214 pages |
| Published | : | April 18th 2002 by Orion (first published 1931) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Noir. Classics |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 10573 Users | 515 ReviewsWrite Up Based On Books The Glass Key
I read this for the first time which dosent have the rep of Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon but i found it to be almost his best, great lead character in Ned Beaumont. It is really a companion piece to Red Harvest because its also set in a small town ruled by corruption and political corruption instead of outright criminal gangs. I like how matter factly Hammett explores a social ill like that one. This time there is no tough PI looking to bring down the ciminals that own the city, the localPerplexing... Such a slow and serpentine plot. The characters are even richer than Maltese, Ned is a more ambiguous character then Spade (who, himself, is one of a kind).
Ned Beaumont, right hand man of corrupt kingmaker Paul Madvig, discovers the body of a senators son. Paul was backing the senator and loved his daughter, but there becomes reason to believe that he may have killed the son. At first using the death to avenge himself against a bookie who skipped town, he then gets truly embroiled in finding the truth, especially after Pauls rival captures and beats Ned for information about the murder.This thriller doesnt have the long line of dead men that The
As many reviewers note, Hammett claimed this book was his favorite, and it's easy to see why. Structurally it's the most cohesive of his five novels. RED HARVEST is great but feels a little serial-y, DAIN CURSE is four stories glommed together, and both MALTESE FALCON and THIN MAN have some rather gaping plot holes that you gotta asphalt over to get to the end. But GLASS KEY feels coherent and cohesive and let's just add crisp to make an alliterative hat trick. Maybe what's most interesting is
COUNTDOWN: Mid-20th Century North American Crime BOOK 126 (of 250)Halfway through my countdown! I know hundreds of readers out there are on pins and needles so far! My average for the 'bottom' 125 works is 2.55, but goodreads average is 3.70. No surprise, really, as goodreads voted an award to "Go Set a Watchman" (!!!!!). Great that we all have different taste in reading!"B-b-but..." says a character on the first page. "B-b-but..." says the same character, still on the first page. So I flash
A reread. I used to think this book was the bee's knees; I'm less impressed with it now. I don't care about the characters anymore and the plot feels thin, so it's down to enjoying the sparse style and quick action, which I did.
Dashiell Hammett's heroes are probably best known for their sang-froid. Take Ned Beaumont of The Glass Key, for instance. He will insert himself into any stramash -- even at the expense of getting himself beaten to a pulp and landing in the hospital. And all is to help his politician friend Paul Madvig, who is running for office while trying to evade a number of highly sticky crimes.The messes in this novel multiply, until Beaumont finally finds out who killed the senator's hotheaded son and
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