February 19, 1934. On this date Knopf published
The Thin Man. It was Dashiell Hammett's last published novel, although he lived more than twenty years longer. The book introduced Nick and Nora Charles, who went on to star in a series of movies, some of them written (or outlined) by Hammett. Nick Charles was
not the titular Thin Man, by the way, but that got lost in the films.
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