by Dashiell Hammett · tapa dura · ISBN 9788429717013
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«La Clau de Vidre» is the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett, published by Edicions 62 in hardcover (194 pages, in Catalan).
Ned Beaumont, right-hand man of the ambitious politician Paul Madvig, investigates the death of Senator Henry's son. Madvig becomes the main suspect: if he is innocent, one of his many enemies is framing him. A plot of corruption, loyalties and betrayals with Hammett's dry, sharp style.
This edition is number 1 of the La Cua de Palla collection, with a translation by Rafael Tasis. The original novel, The Glass Key, was published in 1931.
Suitable for readers of classic crime fiction and for admirers of American hard-boiled fiction.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.
