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Carregando... Kiss Her Goodbye: An Otto Penzler Book (Mike Hammer) (edição: 2012)de Max Allan Collins
Informações da ObraKiss Her Goodbye: An Otto Penzler Book (Mike Hammer Novels) de Mickey Spillane
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I have to say, I did not enjoy Kiss Her Goodbye as much as the previous Collins-completed "lost Hammer novel" from the sixties era, The Big Bang. This one brings Hammer into the '70s, and Mike Hammer is returning to New York after an extended absence in Florida, recovering from his previous exploits, to solve the apparent suicide of his mentor. Mike just isn't his old self, and Velda is nowhere to be found. It just wasn't the same---Hammer decrepit and on pain pills that cloud his mind, and I really missed Velda's presence. But it all comes together in the end. Hammer comes around, solves the mystery, and dispenses his brand of satisfying (if somewhat questionable) justice. The mystery turns out to be a pretty good one, too...the solution isn't exactly what I expected at first, but all the loose ends are tied in and it makes sense. But there are a few slow stretches on the way there, when the story doesn't feel like it's really moving along. Still...stick with it to the end. And to all those who feel like they have to say the Mike Hammer novels (including this one) aren't well written, by way of apology to the self-appointed literary establishment, in order to feel okay about indulging in this supposedly guilty pleasure, I say NONSENSE! Stylistically, Spillane, and to a somewhat lesser extent Collins imitating Spillane, is actually quite good---not always consistently, but when he's on, he's REALLY on and not many other writers can touch him...the imagery (and general sensory descriptiveness), the strong stylization such that you KNOW when you're reading Spillane (in a good way), the sense of immediacy like you're actually witnessing the events of the story---this is writing that frequently approaches artistry of the highest caliber (pardon the pun!). It's in the story department that this particular novel falls down, or at least staggers a little before picking itself back up and finishing with a characteristic flourish. And the audio edition narrated by Stacy Keach (to whom the book is dedicated for his brilliant portrayal of Hammer in various media over the decades) is excellently produced. I'd definitely recommend it, even though this isn't the strongest Hammer novel on the whole. I read the book when it first came out and forgot to catalog it. I picked it up a second time and the story came back to me. I enjoy the character of Mike Hammer and the writings of Mickey Spillane and Max Collins has done an admirable job of working within Mickey's style. Since the details of the story escape me, I'm going with this generic note that anything by Spillane is worth reading if you love detective stories, especially those in the old style. I went through this phase in high school where I just inhaled super macho men's thrillers. Mostly I alternated between Clive Cussler and Mickey Spillane, with some Stephen Hunter thrown in for variation. As a result, I'm super sentimental about all three authors even though it's been more than a decade since I've read any of their books. I'd sort of forgotten about Mike Hammer until spotting the newest one on NetGalley and suddenly, that's all I wanted in the world. As I said, it had been more than ten years since I last read a Mike Hammer novel, but from the first sentence, Kiss Her Goodbye felt just like what I remembered Hammer novels to be: punchy, violent, sorta sexy, grim, and dead fun. The writing had everything I wanted (craved, even) from a Mike Hammer novel: smart, sly banter; straightforward mystery, sexy women, bad criminals, and a morally ambiguous hero. Perhaps if I read an earlier Mike Hammer novel just before starting this one, I might have been able to discern where Spillane ended and Collins began, but in the two days it took me to finish this one, I didn't catch an off note or uncharacteristic response. (In fact, the only change I noticed was with me: I'm a little more squeamish about the violence!) This can be read as a stand-alone novel for anyone new to Mike Hammer -- enough context is given to explain past characters and plots -- and certainly anyone familiar with the series will enjoy this offering. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Returning to 1970s New York to investigate an old friend's alleged suicide, Mike Hammer is drawn into a hunt for a cache of Nazi diamonds and a beautiful missing woman who had been close to the victim in his final days. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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see how many of today's crime thrillers are but imitations of Spillane's
writing. There are no wasted words. The novel takes Hammer back into the depths of seventies New York, and from the Special VIP room of Studio 54 to the honeymoon suite of a major hotel with a sexy female attorney.
Hammer takes pleasure in killing and he's no slouch at it here with a
terrific body count. There's murders and drug smuggling and Nazi loot
and a shoot out with major implications. It was a flawless read and impossible to a discern who wrote whichpart. Great stuff.
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