You know how sometimes there's some movie or musician that based on your tastes that you should really like but for some reason just doesn't connect with you? Not that you think whatever it is is bad... just not the greatest thing in the world and is massively over hyped? For me this list includes Arcade Fire, Wes Anderson films, the Coen brothers, Blade Runner and now Dashiell Hammett. I read The Maltese Falcon probably some ten years ago and was disappointed... and now I give him another shot with The Glass Key and I liked this one even less.The plot has something to do with the death of a senator's son and a bunch of mobsters and politicians. I couldn't really muster much enthusiasm for it. In the end most everyone dies or ends up in jail except for the "hero". Just thinking about the book again is boring me. At least it was short. C.
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