The book, in which Hammer pursues a murderous narcotics ring led by a curvaceous female psychiatrist, went on to sell more than 1 million copies. Spillane's publisher, was skeptical of the book's literary merit but conceded it would probably be a smash with postwar readers looking for ready action. Spillane was a struggling comic book publisher when he wrote "I, the Jury." He initially envisioned it as a comic book called "Mike Danger," and when that did not go over, he took a week to reconfigure it as a novel.Įven the editor in chief of E.P. Even his father, a Brooklyn bartender, called them "crud." Spillane sold hundreds of millions of books during his lifetime and garnered consistently scathing reviews. Starting with "I, the Jury," in 1947, Mr. It was once tallied that he offed 58 people in six novels. His writing style was characterized by short words, lightning transitions, gruff sex and violent endings. His specialty was tight-fisted, sadistic revenge stories, often featuring his alcoholic gumshoe Mike Hammer and a cast of evildoers who launder money or spout the Communist Party line. It was once tallied that he offed 58 peop Mickey Spillane was one of the world's most popular mystery writers.
Mickey Spillane was one of the world's most popular mystery writers. My interest in the hard-boiled genre has been reignited.more When coupled with that first person narrator's perspective, it's almost as if within my mind's eye I'm watching a noir detective film. But perhaps that's what makes it great in the first place. The writing style is short, sharp and caustic. There are no beautifully written passages here with melodic and rhythmic prose that rolls off the tongue. It is quite choppy and heavily dialogue-driven. My only complaint would be in relation to the writing style. I could almost smell the cigarette smoke wafting from the pages as the various archetypal tough guy private detectives chain-smoked their way to solving the many sordid cases. I thoroughly enjoyed reading each of the short stories contained in this book they are simply dripping with atmosphere and mystery. With plenty of time on my hands, I decided to give it another go. Fast forward to 2019, I am now over at my parent's house for the easter break and by chance I spotted this book in my old stash of dusty and yellowed paperbacks. I coul I bought this book many years ago from a second-hand bookshop but unfortunately never got around to finishing it. I bought this book many years ago from a second-hand bookshop but unfortunately never got around to finishing it. Co-editor Max Collins is a two-time winner and six-time nominee of the Shamus Award, as well as an Edgar Award nominee for both fiction and nonfiction.more.Co-editor and "New York Times" bestselling author Mickey Spillane is one of the most popular authors of all time, with over 140 million copies of his books in print worldwide!.DeAndrea, Ted Fitzgerald, Rex Miller, Michael Collins, Arthur Winfield Knight, Matthew Clemens, Martin Meyers, Jeremiah Healy, and Robert J. Includes 16 all-original stories by such top mystery and crime writers as Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins, Bill Pronzini, Stuart Kaminsky, James L.All the tales in Private Eyes are written in the style and tradition of Mickey Spillane's world-renowned character, Mike Hammer.This is a collection no amateur gumshoe will want to miss! Now, today's premier writers of private eye fiction put a spin on Spillane's classic style in sixteen original stories by such acclaimed award winning-writers as Stuart Kaminsky, Jeremiah Healy, Robert J.
Randisi, and ot For over fifty years no one has come close to matching mystery author Mickey Spillane's tough-guy voice.or Mike Hammer's knack for getting into trouble. For over fifty years no one has come close to matching mystery author Mickey Spillane's tough-guy voice.or Mike Hammer's knack for getting into trouble.
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