Mickey Spillane -- 1918 - 2006
The Hammer falls.
Mickey Spillane passed on today in his hometown of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.
Writer of a series of detective stories that nearly single-handedly defined the noir genre and included one of the most memorable hard-boiled private eyes ever, Mike Hammer.
Movie star. Circus act. Award-winning writer of juvenile fiction. (You read that right. Kid's books.)
A true American icon.
R.I.P.
posted by Howlin' Hobbit @ 4:35 PM
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2 Comments:
Yeah, every two-bit blogger with a laptop and a hunger for the bigtime is gonna cash in on this one. But are they gonna link the guy who blogged it first?
Nah, those Johnny-Come-Lately bloggers -- they're a dime a dozen around this town, the ungrateful bastards.
Good post on Mr. Spillane.
(But there's no "g" at the end of Howlin'.)
;-)
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