I met Micky when I was 14 he lived behind my best friend Renee and I had no idea who he was but my mom sure did. my mom had read all his books and everything else she could, she was quite the book worm. I could tell when I met and spoke with him he was a nut a crazy personality. He did love beer, lol. I also loved living in Murrells Inlet, that was about 1979, one of my great memories !
I had no idea this was posted on RU-vid. Thanks a lot. I love Spillaine and I have all his books. He's a very inspirational writer. Long live Mike Hammer, film noir, and pulp magazines!
Mickey was very different than MJ. I knew Mickey personally, we went to the same Kingdom Hall (when I used to be a JW). I thought the world of him and I miss him greatly. I tried several times to get him to sell his Jaguar X-T40 but he never would do it. It was a gift from John Wayne and although he never drove it, it still had sentimental value to him. He drove a 1988 Ford Pickup truck until the day he died. He was so humble.
@ltux Thank you so much 'ltux' for that info. I'll check Robert B. Parker out now. This is a great bunch of crime writers, having a lively discussion. What a shame there aren't many of these today? There should be more interviews of Spillane , Evan Hunter and Parker on RU-vid. This is the only one I could find where we get to see how Spillane and Hunter talk.
So much wisdom here from these accomplished crime writers. Dig the early Robert B. Parker novels, and, of course, the late great Mickey Spillane. He was mocked & knocked because Mike Hammer had certain conservative values, and yet Reacher has those very same values & the fake/woke critics always have nothing but praise for Reacher (because Lee Child loves to claim what a Liberal he is). Give us a break, please. We're not fools out here. Stop the fakery. Glad Spillane is finally getting the respect he always deserved. Not only was Mickey Spillane a solid storyteller, but he was also a truly decent man who loved his family & appreciated his readers. RIP.
Man, The Big Kill is such a great, tough, crazy book. That one's on my short list of books everybody interested in hard-boiled crime fiction should read. Spillane was one of a kind.
I met Micky when I was 14 he lived behind my best friend Renee and I had no idea who he was but my mom sure did. my mom had read all his books and everything else she could, she was quite the book worm. I could tell when I met and spoke with him he was a nut a crazy personality. He did love beer, lol. I also loved living in Murrells Inlet, that was about 1979, one of my great memories !
