Mickey Spillane

Mickey Spillane (born Frank Morrison Spillane the March 9th 1918 with Brooklyn, New York - July 17th 2006 in South Carolina), is a American writer of detective novels. He is especially known for his series Mike Hammer .

Biography

Born with Brooklyn, he saw his childhood in a hard district of Elizabeth, New Jersey.

He begins his career of writer while rédigant for the account of magazines of mode. Extremely on some successes, it is decided to write for pulp S and Comic S . Paid 12 USD per block, it produces to 50 blocks per day. During the Second world war, it involves pilot S of hunting and transports soldiers on behalf of the US Air Force.

After the war, it starts again to write comics . It makes also numbers of Cirque on Trampoline on behalf of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus . It also takes part in an investigation into drug traffickers, which is worth a wound by ball and a stab to him.

Its first novel-police officer is entitled I, the Jury (1946). He writes this book in a tent, whereas he builds his first house. I, the Jury introduces hard to cook, the detective Mike Hammer. Violence and the sex are omnipresent than in the novels of the same kind of this time.

Several of the novels of the series Mike Hammer are adapted for the cinema, of which KIS Me Deadly (1955) and The Girl Hunters (1963, Spillane plays the part of Mike Hammer). Also, the Téléroman Mike Hammer is diffused in the United States during the years 1980.

In 1972, it publishes a book, The Erection Set , where his second wife, the Mannequin Sherri Malinou poses naked for the cover page. This book is dedicated to him.

Spillane also made appearances in a series of publicities to praise the merits of a beer, the Miller Lite , and putting in the high-speed motorboat a hard man.

He died on July 17th, 2006 at his place in South Carolina of the Cancer.

At one time, it is one of the authors most sold in the United States, with the seven titles among 10 best sold in the United States during the 20th century.

“ Mr Spillane, man bourru writing on Smith Corona, affirmed that it did not have anything of it to make criticisms. He saw himself like a writer, not like a writer, i.e. somebody who produces books which vendent. ” (translation of “ Mr. Spillane, has bearish man who wrote one has manual Smith Corona, said He didn' T care butt reviews. He considered himself has writer, not year author, defining has writer ace someone whose books sell. ”, Associated Press , 2006-07-17)

Books

In the theoretical order of publication to the US

Titer original	Français	Date of the copyright
I, the jury	J' will have your peau	1947
My gun is quick	Pas of time to perdre	1950
Vengeance is did not mine	Fallait commencer	1950
The big kill	Dans a fauteuil	1951
The long wait	Nettoyage by the vide	1951
One lonely Night	Charmante soirée	1951
Kiss me deadly	En fourth vitesse	1952
The Deep	Le new Caïd	1961
The Girl Hunters	Baroud solo	1962
Me Hood!
Day off the guns	Corrida with the ONU	1964
The flier
Return off the Irish Hood	L' high the pied	1966
The snake	Le serpent	1964
Bloody Sunrise	Surprise sanglante	1965
The death dealers	Un tiger in your manche	1966
Killer mine	Une mouth of tueur	1966
The by-pass control
The twisted thing
The body lovers	Delices suspectes	1967
The delta factor
The tough guys
Survival zero
The erection set	Le Dogue	1972
The last COP Out	In the baba	1973
Tomorrow I die
The killing man	L' man which tue	1989
Something' S down there	Dans profondeurs	2003

Critical of its work

The literary critics hate its books, quoting the sex and violence. Spillane retorted while affirming:

“ These bigwigs of writers never could understand that it is sold more salted groundnuts than of caviar. ” (translation of “ Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar. ”)

“ If the public loves you, then you are bon ” (translation of “ Public yew the likes you, you' Re good. ”)

Quotations

“ I' m actually has softie. Tough guys get killed too early... I' ve got has full head off to hate and don' T wear eyeglasses ”, 2004
“ I' m the most translated writer in the world, behind Lenin, Tolstoy, Gorki and Jules Verne. And they' Re all dead… ”
“ I cuts No fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends. ”

External bonds

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Citations of Spillane
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In memoriam , The Guardian , 2006-07-17
Mystery novelist Spillane dies , The Washington Post , 2006-07-17

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