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'''''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]]. | '''''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]]. | ||
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| + | ==Characters== | ||
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| + | * Nick Charles, 41 - married Nora 7 years ago | ||
| + | * Nora Charles, 26 - inherited her father's businesses | ||
| + | * Asta - their dog | ||
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| + | * 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 | ||
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| + | * Mimi Jorgenson - Wynant's ex-wife | ||
| + | * Chris Jorgenson - her husband | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 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