The Glass Key

Ned Beaumont. Not just Ned. Ned Beaumont. The biggest mystery in the book isn't who killed Taylor Henry, it's why Hammett felt the need to type out Ned's full name every time he referred to him. <--but I gotta admit, it really added a bit of pizazz to the story. You really don't know much about him oth......more

. ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I’d read The Glass Key years--maybe decades--ago and I didn’t remember any of it. I made the mistake of taking this to mean bad. I felt justified. I remember entire stretches of Red Harvest and The Thin Man. (The Maltese Falcon doesn’t count as it is the novel I’ve reread more than any o......more

So when I have, over the years, thought of the best works of Dashiell Hammett I usually think of The Maltese Falcon, or The Thin Man, but in recent years I have taken the opportunity to read a little more deeply into the Hammett canon, also reading the tough and political Red Harvest. I am told that......more

Uno de los clásicos de Dashiell Hammett. La trama y los personajes son brillantes. De lo mejor del autor. One of the Hammett's classics. The plot and characters are brilliant. One of the best of the author.......more

2η ανάγνωση μετά από 23 περίπου χρόνια. Ο αλλοτινός μου εαυτός το είχε βρει αριστούργημα και με ενθουσιασμό περίσσιο το διέδιδε όπου μπορούσε. Ο πρεσβύτερος, βεβαίως, αναγνωρίζει τη σημασία του, συνεχίζοντας να το θεωρεί εξαιρετικό ανάγνωσμα και ζωτικής σημασίας για την εξέλιξη του είδους. Ενθουσιασ......more