The Glass Key (novel)

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crime novel hardboiled novel novel

The Glass Key (novel) is a 1931 hardboiled crime novel by Dashiell Hammett that follows fixer Ned Beaumont as he navigates political corruption, betrayal, and murder in an unnamed American city.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
hardboiled novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs The Glass Key (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Glass Key (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Dashiell Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector Frank Tuttle NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear 1935 ⓘ
1942 ⓘ
firstPublicationForm book ⓘ
followedBy The Thin Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
hardboiled fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Janet Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ned Beaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ
Opal Madvig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Madvig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shad O’Rory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taylor Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn political crime novels ⓘ
hasProtagonistOccupation political fixer ⓘ
hasSubject election politics ⓘ
murder investigation ⓘ
urban corruption ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin metaphor for fragile trust ⓘ
influenced American noir fiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement hardboiled school ⓘ
mainCharacter Ned Beaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableFor complex character relationships ⓘ
portrayal of political machines ⓘ
notablePublisher Alfred A. Knopf NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Dashiell Hammett bibliography ⓘ
precededBy The Maltese Falcon NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1931 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setting unnamed American city ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
political power ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century ⓘ

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The Glass Key (1942 film) → basedOn → The Glass Key (novel) ⓘ
Miller's Crossing → influencedBy → The Glass Key (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Glass Key
Dashiell Hammett → notableWork → The Glass Key (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Glass Key
Gerard Carbonara → notableWork → The Glass Key (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Glass Key