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The Glass Key

Dashiell Hammett

Paperback | Pages: 214 pages

Rating: 3.96 | 10573 Users | 515 Reviews

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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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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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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

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Really found it difficult to warm to this murder mystery. Other reviewers have rated this highly but for this reader it just didn't stand out for the genre..... I'm having difficulty trying to pin point exactly why. Ned Beaumont was an interesting main character although I did have some difficulty investing in some of his actions and thought processes. Listed on the Boxall 1000 list but it just wasn't for me.

This is on The List? Really? I mean, I understand why The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man are on there, because they're great, but as far as I'm concerned there was no reason to include this one as well. Plainly put, it was dull and confusing. It's more political thriller than detective novel, so if that's your thing you might like this, but any sort of political intrigue drama generally bores me to death unless it's actually a historical political intrigue. There were too many characters

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 local

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

Reading the The Glass Key it's easy to see why Hammett was revered by Raymond Chandler and so many other hardboiled detective fiction greats of the 30's, 40's and beyond. The plot is smart, tight and doesn't slack for an instant. Hammett imbues characters with depth, giving them hidden desires, conflicting motivations and complex, shifting relationships.The Glass Key is a murder mystery with deep political undertones, set in a city rife with corruption, crooked politicians and shady characters.

Ned Beaumont walked across Ned Beaumonts rooms, thinking Ned Beaumonts thoughts. Ned Beaumont lit one of Ned Beaumonts green-speckled cigars and wondered what Ned Beaumont might like to eat for breakfast.

This isn't Hammett's best-known work -- that would be a toss-up between The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man -- but is this his best? It's possible. The plot is as well-crafted as a watch, and every word, every interaction, sets the scene or moves the plot along or illuminates character. Granted, there's no actual detective involved, but Ned Beaumont does a good imitation.