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Roy rowland directed the movie and mickey spillane himself played the role of hammer. One lonely night is the archetype mike hammer story. One lonely night by mickey spillane quickview popular in this genre. Mickey spillane ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. A narcotics dealer was the nemesis of mike hammer in kiss me deadly.
Mickey spillane is currently considered a single author. In one lonely night 1951 the hero mows down 40 communists with a machine gun in the original text, the number was 80 but the publishers thought that was too gory. Still, even spillanes severest critics must admit, the authors continue, that mike hammers creator is a master, in severe critic anthony bouchers words, of compelling you to read the next page. Over 225 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and at one time, seven his books were in the top 15 in the list of alltime bestselling novels in the united states. Jul 17, 2006 just like it says, this is a complete study of the television and film adaptations, lovingly put together by longtime spillane champions collins and traylor, who first made their case for the mick way back in 1984, with their pivotal one lonely knight. One lonely night is mickey spillane s fourth novel featuring private investigator mike hammer plot summary. He was named a grand master in 1995 by the mystery writers of america. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing hammer himself. One lonely night is mickey spillanes fourth novel, and it represents a partial transition from the comic book tradition that launched his career as a novelist. Mickey spillane 19182006 was an american author of hardboiled crime fiction, most notably his mike hammer series. He introduced mike hammer to readers in 1947 with i, the jury. The suicidal girl jumps in the river after hammer murders a man trying to pursue her. Lost in the fifties tonight in the still of the night. In 1995 he was named a grandmaster by the mystery writers of america.
He passed away july 17, 2006 at his home in murrells inlet, south carolina, leaving behind a wife, a couple of exwives, four children, possibly as many as 200 million copies of his books in print and plenty of. Mickey spillane, former fighter pilot, is one of many world war ii vets having a tougher time than promised in the glorious postwar world. Jul 18, 2006 in one lonely night 1951 the hero mows down 40 communists with a machine gun in the original text, the number was 80 but the publishers thought that was too gory. Close on the heels of volume 1 forecasts, may 14, the mike hammer collection. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. The anticommunist hysteria of post wwii america is the backdrop of this tale of lonely death and bloody vengeance. A tripleshot anthology fromthe undisputed master of detective fiction. Spillane wrote a dozen other books, including some. Mickey spillane, that nononsense writer of pulpy detective mysteries and creator of the quintessential literary gumshoe, mike hammer, hadnt told his last tale just yet. Notable titles included the killing man, the girl hunters and one lonely night. Before the war hed written comic books captain america, submariner, but the. Jul 18, 2006 mickey spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shootemup sex and violence of gumshoe mike hammer, has died. Critics usually miss the point with spillane, max allan collins and james l. Fawcett gold medal books published mickey spillanes novels.
Mickey spillane s popularity in the 1950s was meteoric. One lonely night is mickey spillanes fourth novel featuring private investigator mike hammer. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Mickey spillanes popularity in the 1950s was meteoric. Mickey spillane books list of books by author mickey. Hammers leatherbeltonbareass chastisement of a young lady for perceived lapses in political judgement. Spillanes and collinss risks pay off on the page, resulting in some of the finest novels of their respective careers. In hardcover, his 1 st 6 books did okay, selling about 30,000 copies total. It was one of those steamy new york summer nights where the humidity hangs in the air, clings to your clothes and licks at your face, when the announcement landed in our email inbox. By comparison, the paperback signet books version of kiss me, deadly sold 30,000,000 copies by 1958. For more spillane, the hard word book club will be discussing the girl hunters on the night of march 28th at 7pm, along with viewing the film version starring spillane as mike hammer.
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If you have been reading these books in order, you might wonder if hammer ever has a paying client since he has been involved in cases concerning a cop who was his best friend, a streetwalker he ran into in a hash house, and a friend from out of town who didnt wake up after a bullet lodged in his chest. Its in the book by mickey spillane, max allan collins. Mike hammer series in order mickey spillane fictiondb. Fawcett was interested in publishing new original works in paperback books. Spillane s style was a perfect fit for the company. One lonely night, written by mickey spillane and published in 1951 features his most famous character, mike hammer, investigating soviet espionage.
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