July 19, 2012

  • The Thin Man

    The book I am reviewing in this post is The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett which is a very good book which was a free gift with Esquire magazine. This book was written in the 1920's & spawned a series of quite successful films. It was about a married couple who were private investigators & were played by William Powell & Myrna Loy. In this book they are investigating a murder which has been made to look like a suicide. They were quite a glamorous couple & the films which were made in the 30's are still screened on television from time to time. Hammett was a very successful thriller writer & I think he had a number of his books made into films. Obviously the book has a happy ending and the murderer is caught.

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