The Thin Man

Posted on by

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett s most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners. Read The Thin Man – kino-fada.fr We found a table Nora said She s pretty If you like them like that She grinned at me You got types Only you, darling lanky brunettes with wicked jaws And how about the red head you wandered off with at Quinns last night That s silly, I said She just wanted to show me some French etchings It is almost impossible for me to separate the book from the movies When I decided to reread this classic that spawned six great movies, Nick Charles was of course William Powell, and Nora We found a table Nora said She s pretty If you like them like that She grinned at me You got types Only you, darling lanky brunettes with wicked jaws And how about the red head you wandered off with at Quinns last night That s silly, I said She just wanted to show me some French etchings It is almost impossible for me to separate the book from the movies When I decided to reread this classic that spawned six great movies, Nick Charles was of course William Powell, and Nora Charles was of course Myrna Loy Those actors are forever Nick and Nora for me The book is famous for the witty exchanges between Nora and Nick, but the book is somewhat overshadowed by the wonderful repartee between Powell and Loy over the course of the six movies The scintillating, amusing conversations are punctuated by Loy s uptilted nose and impish smile and Powell s infectious grin as he takes pleasure in toying with his wife s state of mind We must not forget the Charles s dog A...I invented a new drinking game based on The Thin Man and tried to give it a test run when I re read it The rules were simple, every time that main character Nick Charles took a drink, I d take one, too However, I had to be taken to the hospital for treatment of extreme alcohol poisoning by the second chapter So don t try that.Nick used to be a private detective in New York, but he left that behind when he married Nora and moved to California to take over the management of the various business I invented a new drinking game based on The Thin Man and tried to give it a test run when I re read it The rules were simple, every time that main character Nick Charles took a drink, I d take one, too However, I had to be taken to the hospital for treatment of extreme alcohol poisoning by the second chapter So don t try that.Nick used to be a private detective in New York, but he left that behind when he married Nora and moved to California to take over the management of the various businesses her father left her Why couldn t Nora run them herself Because this was 1933 so in addition to casual alcoholism being an accepted part of everyday life, the lady folks weren t going to be left in charge...We didn t come to New York to stay sober The Thin Man is best read with a drink in hand Do you have a drink Do you need a refresher Would you like another Above all else, it is important that you be drinking SeriouslyDRINK My god, a lot of alcohol is consumed in this book It reads as if Ernest Hemingway...An inventor goes missing and his mistress winds up dead Former detective Nick Charles wants nothing to do with the case but keeps getting drawn in With his plucky wife Nora, can Nick get things sorted out so he can get back to his drinking The Thin Man was not at all like I expected After reading the exploits of Sam Spade and the Continental Op, I expectedof the same The Thin Man is muchhumorous than Hammett s earlier works and I found myself liking it quite a bit.Nick Charles, f An inventor goes missing and his mistress winds up dead Former detective Nick Charles wants nothing to do with the case but keeps getting drawn in With his plucky wife Nora, can Nick get things sorted out so he can get back to his drinking The Thin Man was not at all like I expected After reading the exploits of Sam Spade and the Continental Op, I expectedof the same The Thin Man is muchhumorous than Hammett s earlier works and I found myself liking it quite a bit.Nick Charles, former detective, is quite a character He s smart, sharp witted, and he likes the sauce He s such a raging alcoholic that Matthew Scudder and Nick Stefanos once staged an intervention for him BEFORE they got off the sauce Nick, we like week long benders as much as the next guy but you ...What I learned from this book in no particular order 1 A speakeasy is the proper place for a man to wait for his wife to finish her shopping.2 A Schnauzer is NOT a cross between a Scottie and an Irish terrier.3 I hit Nora with my left hand, knocking her down across the room If a bad guy points a gun at you and your wife, the standard operating procedure is to knock her out to prevent her from becoming hysterical over such a potentially distressing situation 4 Women do not really mind b What I learned from this book in no particular order 1 A speakeasy is the proper place for a man to wait for his wife to finish her shopping.2 A Schnauzer is NOT a cross between a Scottie and an Irish terrier.3 I hit Nora with my left hand, knocking her down across the room If a bad guy points a gun at you and your wife, the standard operating procedure is to knock her out to pr...This Christmas you are invited to a party of hard liquor, witty repartee and murder in the company of Nick and Nora Charles A hardboiled crime comedy might seem like an oddball choice for a winter holiday read, but Dashiell Hammett manages to mix together not only killer martinis, but also a succesful marriage between the mean and dirty Prohibition Era gumshoe detective and the British slick and sophisticated whodunit...Honestly I think the awesomeness of Nick and Nora Charles got built up a little too much for me before I read this, because I was expecting 200 pages of nonstop witty banter between the two, and was mildly disappointed Sure, Nick is funny in a dry sarcastic way, and Nora is the sassy drunken aunt you never knew you always wanted, but their banter and witticisms only caused the occasional chuckle But lucky for me, the book has a lotgoing for it than just the banter It s a fun, classic 3 Honestly I think the awesomeness of Nick and Nora Charles got built up a little too much for me before I read this, because I was expecting 200 pages of nonstop witty banter between the two, and was mildly disap...Nick and Nora Charles are staying at a swanky hotel in Manhattan when word arrives of a missing man Content to leave his old life behind as a private detective, Nick wants no part of the investigation However, it isn t long before Nick is forced into the case and in order to deal with the cast of characters circling the search, he keeps the liquor flowing.Ah, the 1930s, when alcoholism was considered a charming personality trait as well as the social norm rather than the life destroying diseas Nick and Nora Charles are staying at a swanky hotel in Manhattan when word arrives of a missing man Content to leave his old life behind as a private detective, Nick wants no part of the investigation However, it isn t long before Nick is forced into the case and in order to deal with the cast of characters circling the search, he keeps th...Hard hitting, Hard drinking, Fast talking classic detective thriller It does what it says on the tin For any fans of classic noir, this is not to be missed.I wasn t aware of this previously, but apparently you just gotta slap a dame when they get hysterical The things you learn when you read hard boiled fiction The Thin Man was read as an attempt to get into the mindset of noir, since a friend of mine is asking me to write him a script in the style It s one of my first encounters with crime fiction from that era, and I came away generally amused.Nick Charles i...

The Thin Man
  • English
  • 12 March 2017
  • Paperback
  • 201 pages
  • 0679722637
  • Dashiell Hammett
  • The Thin Man