A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations
by
Max Allan Collins, James L. Traylor
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
In the mid–20th century, Mickey Spillane was the sensation of not just mystery fiction but publishing itself. The level of sex and violence in his Mike Hammer thrillers (starting with I, the Jury in 1947) broke down long-held taboos and engendered a near hysterical critical backlash. Nonetheless,...