The Thin Man (Penguin Classics)

作者 Dashiell Hammett著
出版社 Penguin Classics
出版时间 2011年2月
ISBN 9780141194608
定价 118.50

内容简介

Ex-detectiveNickCharlesplanstospendaquietChristmasholedupinahotelsuitewithhisglamorouswifeNora,theirpetSchnauzerandacaseofgoodScotch.Butthenabullet-riddledcorpseandamissinginventor(nottomentiontheattentionsofabeautifulyoungwoman)forcehimoutofretirementandbackintobusiness.Tryingtomakesenseoffalseleads,suspiciousalibisandmistakenidentities,NickandNoraarethrownintoaworldofgangsters,hoodlumsandspeakeasies,whereno-onecanbetrusted.DashiellHammettwascreditedwithinventingthehardboiledcrimenovel,andthisstoryofmurderandmayheminManhattan,withitsbreakneckplot,snappydialogue-andthehard-drinking,wisecrackingcoupleNickandNora-isoneofhismostthrillinglyenjoyablemysteries.

作者简介

DashielSamuelHammettwasbornin1894andgrewupinPhiladelphiaandBaltimore.Heleftschoolattheageoffourteen,andaftervariousjobsbecameanoperativeforPinkerton'sDetectiveAgency.WorldWarIintervened,andHammettsoonturnedtowriting,andinthelate1920sbecametheunquestionedmasterofdetective-storyfictioninAmerica.TheMalteseFalcon(1930),TheThinMan(1932)andTheGlassKey(1931)areamonghismostfamousnovels.Hediedin1961.

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