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the glass key
paul madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward heeler who aspired to something better the daughter of senator ralph bancroft henry the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds . did he want her badly enough to commit murder and if madvig was innocent which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him dashiell hammetts tour de force of detective fiction combines an airtight plot authentically venal characters and writing of telegraphic crispness . br a one time detective and a master of deft understatement dashiell hammett virtually invented the hard boiled crime novel . & 160 ; & 160 ; this classic hammet work of detective fiction combines an airtight plot authentically venal characters and writing of telegraphic crispness .
paperback vintage books usa 1989 isbn 0679722629
abridged n isbn 13 9780679722625 number of pages 224 publisher random house inc release date 616636800000 series title vintage crime