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* Mimi Jorgenson - Wynant's ex-wife | * Mimi Jorgenson - Wynant's ex-wife | ||
* Chris Jorgenson - her husband | * Chris Jorgenson - her husband | ||
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| + | * Harrison Quinn - sweet on Dorothy | ||
| + | * Alice Quinn - Harrison's wife | ||
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| + | * Shep Morelli - mobster | ||
| + | * Studsy Burke - mobster | ||
| + | * John Guild - cop | ||
| + | * Nunheim - informer | ||
Revision as of 11:37, March 2, 2008
The Thin Man is Dashiell Hammett's story of a hard drinking, wealthy, 41-year-old former detective named Nick Charles who returns to sleuthing to investigate a missing inventor whose secretary is found murdered. His 26-year-old wife is an heiress, and in lieu of children the couple have a Schnauzer.
Characters
- Nick Charles, 41 - married Nora 7 years ago
- Nora Charles, 26 - inherited her father's businesses
- Asta - their dog
- Julia Wolf, 32 - deceased secretary of Clyde Wynant
- Herbert Macaulay - Wynant's lawyer: "big, curly-haired, rosy-cheeked chap"
- Clyde Wynant - reclusive inventor, divorced from Mimi
- Dorothy Wynant, 19 or 20 - his daughter "a small, pretty blond"
- Gilbert Wynant, Dorothy's brother - reads and discusses macabre books
- Rosewater - tried to get money from Wynant
- Mimi Jorgenson - Wynant's ex-wife
- Chris Jorgenson - her husband
- Harrison Quinn - sweet on Dorothy
- Alice Quinn - Harrison's wife
- Shep Morelli - mobster
- Studsy Burke - mobster
- John Guild - cop
- Nunheim - informer