The Thin Man by Dashiel Hammett
Review by Elleanore G. Vance Dashiell Hammett is probably best remembered for being the writer of The Maltese Falcon. Rightfully so. But today i want to talk to you about a piece that has now been largely lost to the sands of time, but was the basis for one of the first ever film franchises: The Thin Man. Originally printed in December 1933 by RedBook magazine, Alfred Knopf put it into book form the following new year. Later that same year we had The Thin Man movie, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Nick Charles is a retired detective of Greek descent, who had the luck to marry a beautiful, witty, and wealthy heiress: Nora. It's Christmas time and the pair arrive in New York where they will stay until after the new year, to avoid Nora's family. Inside a speakeasy, Nick is found by a Miss Dorothy Wynant, who is searching for her missing father, Clyde. At every turn, Nick insists that he's retired. He gives good advice...