Kiss Her Goodbye: An Otto Penzler Book (Mike Hammer)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (698 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00B1L3THS |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Soon Hammer is hobnobbing with coke-snorting celebrities at a notorious disco. When a woman is murdered practically on the funeral home’s doorstep, he gets drawn into the hunt for Nazi diamonds, a mysterious beauty who was close to Doolan in his final days, and a gang of drug racketeers. “Entertaining proof of how well Max Allan Collins has managed to mimic Spillane’s style.” — The Onion, A. Suspicious, Hammer returns for the funeral. Club Mike Hammer has been away from New York too long when he learns that an old mentor on the New York police force has committed suicide. V. Everything leads to a Mafia social club where Hammer and his .45 come calling, sparking the wildest showdown since Spillane&rs
But Mike (The Big Bang, 2010, etc.) isn’t buying it, and it’s not long before new evidence bears him out. Working from an unfinished novel by the late Spillane, Collins provides the franchise’s trademark winking salacity, self-congratulatory vigilantism and sadistic violence, topped off with a climax that combines the final scenes of two of Mike’s most celebrated cases." —Kirkus Reviews . Sal will be followed into the great beyond by over two dozen souls, most of them sent hither by Mike. "But I was still Mike Hammer." Naturally, he’s lionized by everyone in the Big Apple, from rookie Congressman Alex Jaynor to kinky ADA Ang
You wanna talk Hammer time? THIS is Hammer time! enubrius It's probably hard for anyone born after, let's arbitrarily say, the Viet Nam era, to believe, but Mickey Spillane was once considered the most violent writer in America. Moreover, his books were considered borderline pornography for his "graphic" sex scenes. Do I need to add that, for a time in the mid 60s, or thereabouts, his books outsold all other titles in the world, except for the Bible!What no one (at least of the literati) EVER said about him, in life, or after his passing, was that he was a good writer. Well, maybe he wasn't. Bu. "Definitely a guilty pleasure" according to Neal Reynolds. Hey, I remember when I,THE JURY first appeared, and I was one of those thoroughly captivated by the Mike Hammer character. In fact, I satirizewd the Spillane style in a piece I wrote for San Jose State College's LYKE literary magazine, naming my character "Sludge Hammer". This was around 195Definitely a guilty pleasure Hey, I remember when I,THE JURY first appeared, and I was one of those thoroughly captivated by the Mike Hammer character. In fact, I satirizewd the Spillane style in a piece I wrote for San Jose State College's LYKE literary magazine, naming my character "Sludge Hammer". This was around 1953.So it's great to see Mike still around even after his creator's death. But alas, we can't really call this good writing. That's not to say that one won't enjoy it though. Don't look for credibility and you won't be disappointed. And don't try to kee. .So it's great to see Mike still around even after his creator's death. But alas, we can't really call this good writing. That's not to say that one won't enjoy it though. Don't look for credibility and you won't be disappointed. And don't try to kee. Unmistakably Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane was a master of the noir title: My Gun Is Quick remains my favorite, but almost equally high on my list of stellar titles are I, the Jury; The Big Kill; and Kiss Me, Deadly. Kiss Her Goodbye just doesn't have the same danger-laden pizzazz. Its subdued title notwithstanding, the novel feels very much like a Mike Hammer story: edgy, violent, fast-paced and action-filled.Hammer was always a bit too self-righteous for my taste, too given to seeing himself as an avenging instrument of justice and too frequently indulging in ra