The Thin Man, (Paperback)

from figre

Man, this is fun. Fifty-six years old, and I just discovered Dashiell Hammett. I mean, I knew who Hammett was; I've seen some of the movies. But I had never read any of the novels. Now I've read Th...

from cajela

Hammett's prose is classic noir, simple and clean, and sharply and carefully chosen. His characters are delightful, with a good mix of comic types from the 1930s - the petty gangsters, the pontific...

from Jonathan_M

*Partial spoilers ahead* Critics don't regard it as his best book (which isn't nearly as significant as it might seem, since "best" means different things to different people), but for my money Th...

from ctpress

"I want a drink, please." "Why don't you have some breakfast first?" "I don't know. It's too early for breakfast." The married couple Nick and Nora - and their dog - are traveling to New York to ce...

from TheDivineOomba

I love Nick and Nora. They are the perfect detectives of the prohibition age. One where there is much drinking, a couple of parties, and no actual sleuthing as Nick manages to get involved in the m...