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The Thin Man
Cover of the first edition
AuthorDashiell Hammett
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective
Published1934 (Alfred A. Knopf)
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages259
Preceded byThe Glass Key 

The Thin Man (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in a condensed version in the December 1933 issue of Redbook. It appeared in book form the following month. A film series followed, featuring the main characters Nick and Nora Charles, and Hammett was hired to provide scripts for the first two.[1]

  1. ^ Robert L. Gale, "The Thin Man", pp.245-9 in A Dashiell Hammett Companion, Greenwood Press, 2000, p.248

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