A review by bob_muller
Return of the Thin Man: After the Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Sequel to the Thin Man by Julie M. Rivett, Richard Layman, Dashiell Hammett

2.0

If you actually liked the movie "Another Thin Man", you might like this book. If you really like Asta, this is for you. If you are a Hammett scholar, you might be interested in the publication of these minor works as a kind of counterpoint to serious academic research. Some of the introductory text has insight into Hammett as a man, some of the insights I would rather not have known. But as a work of fiction, this book is pretty laughable. It is Dashiell Hammett degrading himself for money by writing lousy screen stories (not even screenplays, the Hacketts had to do that and they apparently couldn't stand it). I suppose one theory could be that these were the stories that killed Hammet by forcing him over the edge, I don't know. I just found it all kind of sad.