A beautiful woman's cold-blooded murder has the mark of the Mafia. Although warned to stay away, Hammer won't stop until he gets revenge. 2 cassettes.
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Mar 07, 2010
F.R.
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The more I read Mike Hammer the more of a parody of itself it seems to be. The books are so relentlessly tough and hard boiled, with a brutally humourless hero who relishes his role as the angel of vengeance, that it becomes hard to take them seriously. Except I don’t know if Spillane is really in on the joke.
This time it’s Mike against the Mafia, an organisation with tentacles everywhere but which can still be broken by one man. He makes his traditional threat, kills a great many sc More...
This time it’s Mike against the Mafia, an organisation with tentacles everywhere but which can still be broken by one man. He makes his traditional threat, kills a great many sc More...
Sep 26, 2010
D-day
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Kiss Me Deadly finds Mike Hammer confronting the Mafia over stolen narcotics. But this isn't the Mafia of the Godfather or the Sopranos. Spillane pictures them as a secret shadowy organization like the Illuminati or the Elders of Zion.
Compared to other Mike Hammer novels I have read (which all seemed like a rehash of I, The Jury), this one started better, however the ending is completely incoherent. The fate of one character that had gone missing is never dealt with. One main characters' id More...
Compared to other Mike Hammer novels I have read (which all seemed like a rehash of I, The Jury), this one started better, however the ending is completely incoherent. The fate of one character that had gone missing is never dealt with. One main characters' id More...
Apr 27, 2010
Kevin
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I read this in German, in which it was called Rhapsodie in Blei, which is a pun in German, as "Blei" means "lead". Having seen the movie, I was a bit confused--the novel never mentions anything about nuclear material in the box, and the ending has no glowing house on the beach. I was rather tired at the end, though, having suffered through a lot of violence. Some of it required a big suspension of disbelief: tied down to a bed and under watch by several armed goons, it wa
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Dec 16, 2011
Sketchbook
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The pathetic "noirs" of Stieg Larsson make me recall
Mickey Spillane. As Capote once said, "There are writers and
there are typists." Larsson is strictly a typist. His
mishmasshery of s & m make Spillane read like Proust.
For off-the-wall thrills, you can't beat the film
version of this novel (Robt Aldrich, 1955), which has been
called "the most perfectly realized film noir ever made."
LA is a city in which every road leads to No Exit. More...
Mickey Spillane. As Capote once said, "There are writers and
there are typists." Larsson is strictly a typist. His
mishmasshery of s & m make Spillane read like Proust.
For off-the-wall thrills, you can't beat the film
version of this novel (Robt Aldrich, 1955), which has been
called "the most perfectly realized film noir ever made."
LA is a city in which every road leads to No Exit. More...
Dec 28, 2009
Jim
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I believe this is my first Mike Hammer book. I loved it! Mickey Spillane wrote great noir, pulp.
While driving down a mountain road, Mike Hammer almost runs over a beautiful blond standing in the road. He gives her a ride only to find she is a woman pursued. After she is killed, Mike sets out to solver her murder.
There were many twists and turns as Mike Hammer pursues the killers.
Here are some great quotes from the book that I particularly loved:
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While driving down a mountain road, Mike Hammer almost runs over a beautiful blond standing in the road. He gives her a ride only to find she is a woman pursued. After she is killed, Mike sets out to solver her murder.
There were many twists and turns as Mike Hammer pursues the killers.
Here are some great quotes from the book that I particularly loved:
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Jul 16, 2009
Risa
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These are CASSETTES which i would K.I.L.L. for so that i could drive around in my 1988 Volvo and listen to this. i did read the book- there were some surprises that's for sure. It probably helped galvanize me as a feminist.
Jan 18, 2008
Jim
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Mike Hammer is the main character.
I've re-read most of Spillane's novels. They're hoaky, dated & fun. I don't care for the Tiger Mann books much. He gets really hoaky with them - tough guy who screws around on his virginal fiancee but loves her so much he aches. The later Mike Hammer books go that way too. Mike Hammer ranks a little higher with me, but not a lot.
I enjoy Spillane's stand alone stories more. Those characters tend not to be as hoaky, just as tough & the More...
I've re-read most of Spillane's novels. They're hoaky, dated & fun. I don't care for the Tiger Mann books much. He gets really hoaky with them - tough guy who screws around on his virginal fiancee but loves her so much he aches. The later Mike Hammer books go that way too. Mike Hammer ranks a little higher with me, but not a lot.
I enjoy Spillane's stand alone stories more. Those characters tend not to be as hoaky, just as tough & the More...
Nov 05, 2008
Ned
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The rockin' wrecking ball of Mike Hammer must be called back via movies like Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp fiction... I want to see this movie done in the Kill Bill style by Tarantino. Totally misogynist and sickly violent, but such an interesting look back on the 1950s postwar USA. It's a roller coaster of broken teeth, bleeding bellies and limbs ripped away from the evil powers that be... Intense.
Aug 03, 2008
H L
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One of the few instances where the film version is actually better than the book - the film is 5 stars all the way...the book, a solid 4. Track 'em both down...
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