The Thin Man (Vintage crime/Black Lizard) (Penguin crime fiction) (Pocket Penguin Classics)

by Dashiell Hammett

Whether one is reading them for the first time or re-reading old favorites, the titles in this series seem like old friends. Mature readers can revisit timeless treasures; young, struggling, or reluctant readers are given a format that helps them connect to the great body of American and world literature.Nick and Nora Charles are Dashiell Hammett's most enchanting creations; a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners.

• ISBN10: 0783894600
• ISBN13: 9780783894607
• Publish Date: 19 May 2001 (first published 1 January 1934)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 4 August 2016
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thorndike Press
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 269
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

Once an investigator ... always an investigator.  Nick thought he had left all that investigation stuff behind him but it keeps chasing him down and insisting he gets involved, sometimes at the wrong end of a gun.
 
Oh man they put away a lot of booze.  I remember this from the film (and now I want to watch it again) This book is well-served by the film and in fact the snappy dialogue reads like it should be a film script.
 
Nick and Nora Charles are spending their Christmas and New Year in New York and are pulled into a missing man mystery where Nick knew the man back when he was a detective and he is reluctant to leave his luxurious life behind to get caught up in shenanigans.
 
Oh man, the liver damage if you sipped a drink every time a drink is mentioned.  They spend their day well-pickled.
 
I liked it, honestly preferred the movie but it was a fun read.
 
It falls into the Classic Noir and Murder most Foul squares but I'm going to use Classic Noir for this one.

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

Drinking, flirting and murder. Former detective Nick Charles is a cynical but overall decent man, his with wife, Nora, a clever woman who almost forces Nick into this case. This classic hard-boiled novel isn’t the strongest Dashiell Hammett offering but has a sense of making fun of the genre.