I didn't know much about the Mike Hammer series of books by Mickey Spillane beyond having seen the film Kiss Me Deadly (which I'd highly recommend). The first book in the series, I, the Jury, introduces us to super macho private detective Mike Hammer. Pretty much everything you need to know about him is right there in his name. He literally has the perfect name for his personality. It is so on the nose that it is kind of funny... and that also sums up the book. Basically it takes a Chandler type Marlowe story and makes it even pulpier with more violence and sex. By no means great literature but still kind of fun in a silly non-thinking way. A-
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Mystery Book # 45 - I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane
I didn't know much about the Mike Hammer series of books by Mickey Spillane beyond having seen the film Kiss Me Deadly (which I'd highly recommend). The first book in the series, I, the Jury, introduces us to super macho private detective Mike Hammer. Pretty much everything you need to know about him is right there in his name. He literally has the perfect name for his personality. It is so on the nose that it is kind of funny... and that also sums up the book. Basically it takes a Chandler type Marlowe story and makes it even pulpier with more violence and sex. By no means great literature but still kind of fun in a silly non-thinking way. A-
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