The Thin Man
Slim sleuth story
The Thin Man is a 1934 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, featuring the witty, martini-drinking couple Nick and Nora Charles.
It spawned a popular film series with William Powell and Myrna Loy.
The title refers to a murder victim, though it's often mistakenly assumed to describe the slender detective Nick Charles himself.
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- murder mysteryFiction about solving killings
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- NickMale given name
Nora · married couple · martini · cocktails · witty · banter · 1930s · drawing room · Dashiell Hammett · terrier · elegant · suave · dry martini · whodunit · glamour · murder · clues · sophistication
- 1930s filmsGone with the Wind, King Kong, Frankenstein, Dracula, Snow White
- 1930s NovelsGone with the Wind, Brave New World, The Good Earth, The Maltese Falcon, Rebecca
- Modernist ClassicsThe Great Gatsby, Ulysses, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, The Waste Land
- Screwball ComediesBringing Up Baby, It Happened One Night, The Philadelphia Story, Holiday, Twentieth Century