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The Thin Man (Penguin Essentials)

Ex-ace detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick can't resist making a few enquiries.

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  • "Thin man"
  • "Thin Man"
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  • "Ex-ace detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick can't resist making a few enquiries."@en
  • "Nick Charles searches for a wealthy inventor who is the prime suspect in a New York City murder case."
  • "Nick Charles searches for a wealthy inventor who is the prime suspect in a New York City murder case."@en
  • "Nick Charles, qui passe quelques jours à New York avec sa femme, croise incidemment la fille d'un ancien client, Clyde Winant, inventeur un peu fou, qui lui annonce que ce dernier a disparu depuis le meurtre de sa secrétaire. Soupçonné par la police, agressé dans son hôtel, il va être obligé d'éclaircir ce mystère."
  • "Nick and Nora, husband and wife, become involved in a mystery surrounding the disappearance of a wealthy, eccentric inventer who is the prime suspect in a brutal New York City murder case."
  • "Nick and Nora, husband and wife, become involved in a mystery surrounding the disappearance of a wealthy, eccentric inventer who is the prime suspect in a brutal New York City murder case."@en
  • "Nick and Nora Charles cordially invite you to bring your own alibi to The Thin Man, the jaunty whodunit that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthing. Bantering in the boudoir, enjoying walks with beloved dog Asta or matching each other highball for highball and clue for clue, they combined screwball romance with mystery. The resulting triumph nabbed four Academy AwardO nominations* (including Best Picture) and spawned five sequels. Credit W.S. "Woody" Van Dyke for recognizing that Powell and Loy were ideal together and for getting the studio's okay by promising to shoot this splendid adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel in three weeks. He took 12 days. They didn't call him "One-Take Woody" for nothing."@en
  • "The Thin Man was Dashiell Hammet's last novel and one of his best-known works, and introduced the unforgettable Nick and Nora Charles. Set in prohibition-era New York, former-private detective Nick and his socialite wife, Nora, become embroiled in a murder investigation, eventually solving the case, but not before crossing paths with the outrageous Wynant family. The Thin Man served as the basis for six films featuring Nick and Nora Charles, including After the Thin Man and Shadow of the Thin Man, as well as for a Thin Man radio show, television series, and Broadway musical. Nick and Nora's trademark banter popularized their appeal, and evolved them into an archetype for future detective couples. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library."@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories. Originally published in 1934, The Thin Man is the most famous of all of Hammett's tough, hard-bitten novels. Featuring ex-sleuth Nick Charles, his wife Nora and their dog Asta. They prepare to enjoy Christmas in New York when crime intervenes."@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories. Originally published in 1934, The Thin Man is the most famous of all of Hammett's tough, hard-bitten novels. Featuring ex-sleuth Nick Charles, his wife Nora and their dog Asta. They prepare to enjoy Christmas in New York when crime intervenes."
  • "Detective and mystery stories. The Thin Man is the most famous of all of Hammett's tough, hard-bitten novels. Featuring ex-sleuth Nick Charles, his wife Nora and their dog Asta."
  • "Detective and mystery stories. Ex-detective Nick Charles plans to spend a quiet Christmas holed up in a hotel suite with his glamorous wife Nora, their pet Schnauzer and a case of good Scotch. But then a bullet-riddled corpse and a missing inventor (not to mention the attentions of a beautiful young woman) force him out of retirement and back into business. Trying to make sense of false leads, suspicious alibis and mistaken identities, Nick and Nora are thrown into a world of gangsters, hoodlums and speakeasies, where no-one can be trusted. Dashiell Hammett was credited with inventing the hardboiled crime novel, and this story of murder and mayhem in Manhattan, with its breakneck plot, snappy dialogue and the hard-drinking, wisecracking couple Nick and Nora, is one of his most thrillingly enjoyable mysteries. Set among the speakeasies of early 1930s Manhattan, The Thin Man is hard-boiled crime at its wisecracking best."
  • "Een gepensioneerde privédetective stuit bij toeval op een zaak, die hem doet besluiten om nog éénmaal aan de slag te gaan."
  • "An early detective story that became the basis for future suspense novels."@en
  • "The plot unfolds at Christmas when an eccentric inventor disappears after threatening his mistress with a lawsuit for embezzlement. His daughter begs Nick Charles to get to the bottom of the case."@es
  • "The plot unfolds at Christmas when an eccentric inventor disappears after threatening his mistress with a lawsuit for embezzlement. His daughter begs Nick Charles to get to the bottom of the case."
  • "Nick and Nora Charles, with their dog Asta in tow, take on the investigation of a wealthy inventor. Searching high in Gotham's penthouses and low in its underworld, the elegant pair find the answers to this baffling, frightening case."
  • "Story of disappearance, murder, and robbery as told by "Nick" Charles, the detective who solves the case."@en
  • "Story of disappearance, murder, and robbery as told by "Nick" Charles, the detective who solves the case."

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  • "Drama"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Roman policier américain"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Crime"@en
  • "History"
  • "Powieść kryminalna amerykańska"
  • "Powieść kryminalna amerykańska"@pl
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery and detective fiction"
  • "Mystery and detective fiction"@en
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Mystery fiction"@es
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en

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  • "The Thin Man (Penguin Essentials)"@en
  • "Papierowy człowiek"
  • "Papierowy człowiek"@pl
  • "THE THIN MAN"
  • "The thin man : hard-hitting, hard-drinking, fast-talking ; the classic detective thriller"
  • "A cingár feltaláló : bʺunügyi regény"
  • "L' introuvable"
  • "A cingár feltaláló : bűnügyi regény"
  • "L'introuvable The thin man"
  • "The thin man"
  • "The thin man"@en
  • "La Araña"@es
  • "La Araña"
  • "The thin man : [screenplay]"@en
  • "De magere man"
  • "הצנום"
  • "A ceia dos acusados"
  • "L'Home flac"@ca
  • "The Thin man"@en
  • "The Thin man"
  • "Un om subțire"
  • "Der dünne Mann : (Deutsch von Peter Fischer.)"
  • "Den tynde mand / Omsl.: C. Vang Petersen"@da
  • "Papierowy Czlowiek"
  • "Varjomies = The thin man"
  • "L'introuvable = The thin man"
  • "L'uomo ombra"
  • "L'uomo ombra"@it
  • "El hombre delgado"
  • "El hombre delgado"@es
  • "The Thin Man"@en
  • "The Thin Man"
  • "Khudoĭ muzhchina"
  • "La araña"@es
  • "Khudoĭ muzhchina : roman"
  • "L'Introuvable, par Dashiell Hammett. Traduit de l'anglais par E. Michel-Tyl"
  • "Der dünne Mann"
  • "The thin Man"
  • "Den tynde mand : (Omsl.: William Petersen)"@da
  • "Introuvable"
  • "Chudý muž"
  • "Gizon argala"
  • "ha-Tsanum"
  • "Gizon argal"
  • "Den tynde mand"
  • "Den tynde mand"@da
  • "Gäckande skuggan : detektivroman"
  • "Der dünne Mann [Kriminalroman]"
  • "Den tynde mand = The thin man"
  • "Dünne mann"
  • "L'home flac"
  • "L'home flac"@ca
  • "Den tynde mand : detektivroman"@da
  • "O adynatos antras"
  • "Der dünne Mann Roman"
  • "El Hombre delgado"
  • "L'Introuvable"
  • "Den gäckande skuggan : Detektivroman"@sv
  • "L'introuvable"
  • "O homem sombra"
  • "Der dünne Mann : Kriminalroman"
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Der dünne Mann Kriminalroman"
  • "Der dünne Mann : Roman"
  • "l'Introuvable"
  • "INTROUVABLE"
  • "THIN MAN"
  • "Varjomies"
  • "Varjomies"@fi
  • "Den tynde mand / (Overs. fra amerikansk efter "The thin man")"@da
  • "Thin man"
  • "Thin man"@da

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