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Mickey Spillane

Born

in Brooklyn, New York City, The United States

March 09, 1918

Died

July 17, 2006

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Crime

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Mickey Spillane was one of the world's most popular mystery writers. 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.

His writing style was characterized by short words, lightning transitions, gruff sex and violent endings. It was once tallied that he offed 58 people in six novels.

Starting with "I, the Jury," in 1947, Mr. Spillane sold hundreds of millions of books during his lifetime and garnered consistently scathing reviews. Even his father, a Brooklyn bartender, called them "crud."

Mr. Spillane was a struggling comic book publisher when he wrote "I, the Jury." He initially envisioned it as a comic book ca ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 29,239 ratings · 3,136 reviews · 288 distinct works • Similar authors

	I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 6,249 ratings — published 1947 — 163 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume 1: I,the Jury / My Gun is Quick / Vengeance is Mine! by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 2,156 ratings — published 1950 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss Me, Deadly (Mike Hammer #6) 3.68 avg rating — 1,450 ratings — published 1952 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Gun Is Quick (Mike Hammer #2) 3.73 avg rating — 1,430 ratings — published 1950 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vengeance is Mine (Mike Hammer, #3) 3.66 avg rating — 1,168 ratings — published 1950 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Lonely Night (Mike Hammer #4) 3.64 avg rating — 914 ratings — published 1951 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Kill (Mike Hammer, #5) 3.68 avg rating — 828 ratings — published 1951 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Street 3.49 avg rating — 833 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume 2: One Lonely Night / The Big Kill / Kiss Me Deadly 4.05 avg rating — 589 ratings — published 1953 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Killing Man (Mike Hammer #12) 3.51 avg rating — 540 ratings — published 1989 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mike Hammer (26 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 1,449 ratings

Tiger Mann (4 books)
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3.55 avg rating — 585 ratings

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3.31 avg rating — 257 ratings

Colección 80 años de Marvel (8 books)
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3.32 avg rating — 90 ratings

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Quotes by Mickey Spillane (?)

“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.”
― Mickey Spillane

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“Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.”
― Mickey Spillane

tags: writing, writing-craft, writing-process

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“I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.”
― Mickey Spillane, The Big Kill

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Polls

Please vote for the book you would like to read in april. The 3 books with the most votes will be the book club selections. Voting ends March 21, 2010

The Bone Collector

by Jeffery Deaver

13 votes, 23.2%

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich

12 votes, 21.4%

Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

11 votes, 19.6%

The Thin Woman

by Dorothy Cannell

8 votes, 14.3%

A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters

5 votes, 8.9%

Catering to Nobody (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, Book 1) by Diane Mott Davidson

Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson

3 votes, 5.4%

The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1) by Michael Connelly

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

2 votes, 3.6%

I, the Jury

by Mickey Spillane

1 vote, 1.8%

Devil in a Blue Dress

by Walter Mosley

1 vote, 1.8%

56 total votes

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