The Big Kill by Mickey Spillane

The Big Kill by Mickey Spillane

'[Spillane] was a quintessential Cold War writer, an unconditional believer in good and evil' Washington Times

Remorseless. . Spillane keeps the action coming - Publishers Weekly

Spillane is a master in compelling you always to turn the next page - New York Times

Spillane is still shooting the same tasty dish - New York Times Book Review

Born Frank Morrison Spillane in Brooklyn, New York City, Mickey Spillane started writing while at high school. During the Second World War, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and became a fighter pilot and instructor. After the war, he moved to South Carolina. He was married three times, the third time to Jane Rogers Johnson, and had four children and two stepchildren. He wrote his first novel, I, the Jury (1947), in order to raise the money to buy a house for himself and his first wife, Mary Ann Pearce. The novel sold six and a half million copies in the United States, and introduced Spillane's most famous character, the hardboiled PI Mike Hammer. The many novels that followed became instant bestsellers, until in 1980 the US all-time fiction bestseller list of fifteen titles boasted seven by Mickey Spillane. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. He was uniformly disliked by critics, owing to the high content of sex and violence in his books. However, he was later praised by American mystery writers Max Alan Collins and William L. DeAndrea, as well as artist Markus Lüpertz. The novelist Ayn Rand, a friend of Spillane's, appreciated the black-and-white morality of his books. Spillane was an active Jehovah's Witness. He died in 2006.

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ISBN 13	9781409158684
ISBN 10	1409158683
Title	The Big Kill
Author	Mickey Spillane
Series	Mike Hammer
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2015-11-19
Number of pages	208
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.