THE GLASS KEY (PAPERBACK) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours Dashiell Hammett's strangest and most personal work. Ned Beaumont is a tall, thin, moustache-wearing, TB-ridden, drinking, gambling, hanger-on to the political boss of a corrupt Eastern city. Nevertheless, like every Hammett hero (and like Hammett himself), he has an unbreakable, if idiosyncratic, moral code. Ned's boss wants to better himself with a thoroughbred senator's daughter; but does he want it badly enough to commit murder? If he's innocent, who wants him in the frame? Beaumont must find out. Features Summary Dashiell Hammett's strangest and most personal work. Author Dashiell Hammett Publisher Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd) Release date 20120202 Pages 212 ISBN 1-4091-3804-6 ISBN 13 978-1-4091-3804-4