{"product_id":"the-glass-key-paperback-by-dashiell-hammett","title":"The Glass Key Paperback by Dashiell Hammett","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Crime\/Black Lizard\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1989-07-17)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e224\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780679722625\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e181.44\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.96 x 5.11 x 0.65\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the great pioneers of detective stories, a classic tale reissued with a new introduction by Laura Lippmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNed Beaumont is a gambler and a professional troubleshooter for his friend Paul Madvig, a cheerfully corrupt political power broker who aspires to greater things. Madvig has his eyes set on none other than the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. When the senator’s son turns up dead, Madvig becomes the prime suspect. But if he is innocent, then which of his dozens of enemies is doing an awfully good job of framing him?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDashiell Hammett’s tour de force of crime fiction combines a bulletproof plot, authentically corrupt characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eDashiell Samuel Hammett was born in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. He grew up in Philadelphia   and Baltimore. Hammett left school at the age of fourteen and held several kinds   of jobs thereafter—messenger boy, newsboy, clerk, operator, and stevedore, finally   becoming an operative for Pinkerton’s Detective Agency. Sleuthing suited young Hammett,   but World War I intervened, interrupting his work and injuring his health. When Sergeant   Hammett was discharged from the last of several hospitals, he resumed detective work.   He soon turned to writing, and in the late 1920s Hammett became the unquestioned   master of detective-story fiction in America. In \u003cb\u003eThe Maltese Falcon\u003c\/b\u003e (1930) he first   introduced his famous private eye, Sam Spade. \u003cb\u003eThe Thin Man\u003c\/b\u003e (1932) offered another   immortal sleuth, Nick Charles. \u003cb\u003eRed Harvest\u003c\/b\u003e (1929), \u003cb\u003eThe Dain Curse\u003c\/b\u003e (1929), and \u003cb\u003eThe   Glass Key\u003c\/b\u003e (1931) are among his most successful novels. During World War II, Hammett   again served as sergeant in the Army, this time for more than two years, most of   which he spent in the Aleutians. Hammett’s later life was marked in part by ill health,   alcoholism, a period of imprisonment related to his alleged membership in the Communist   Party, and by his long-time companion, the author Lillian Hellman, with whom he had   a very volatile relationship. His attempt at autobiographical fiction survives in   the story “Tulip,” which is contained in the posthumous collection \u003cb\u003eThe Big Knockover\u003c\/b\u003e (1966, edited by Lillian Hellman). Another volume of his stories, \u003cb\u003eThe Continental   Op\u003c\/b\u003e (1974, edited by Stephen Marcus), introduced the final Hammett character: the   “Op,” a nameless detective (or “operative”) who displays little of his personality,   making him a classic tough guy in the hard-boiled mold—a bit like Hammett himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45446474498209,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780679722625","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780679722625.jpg?v=1764226288","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-glass-key-paperback-by-dashiell-hammett","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}