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The Glass Key
About This Book
Ned Beaumont is a tall, thin, moustache-wearing, TB-ridden, drinking, gambling, hanger-on to the political boss of a corrupt Eastern city. Nevertheless, like every Hammett hero (and like Hammett himself), he has an unbreakable, if idiosyncratic, moral code. Ned's boss wants to better himself with a...
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Reading Time Estimates
5h 24m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 53m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 47m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 58,300 wordsπ
8 days at 30 min/day
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4 h 19 min
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