Robert Gale

A Mickey Spillane Companion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

At one time, Mickey Spillane had authored seven of the top ten bestsellers in history, and may have been the most widely read author in the world. Spillane masterful storytelling grabs his readers with his first paragraph and leads them spellbound toward his climax. Along with Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald, he remains one of America's greatest mystery writers. This book is a convenient guide to his works. An opening chronology lists the chief events in his life and career. The bulk of the volume presents several hundred alphabetically arranged entries on his writings. Lengthier entries summarize the plots of his works, including I, the Jury; My Gun Is Quick; Vengeance Is Mine!; and The Long Wait. Shorter entries identify his numerous characters, including his particularly memorable detective, Mike Hammer. Select entries list works for further reading, and the volume concludes with a brief bibliography.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 704g
• ISBN-13: 9780313323348
• ISBN-10: 0313323348
• Artikelnr.: 21523832

Autorenporträt

ROBERT L. GALE is Professor Emeritus of American Literature at the University of Pittsburgh. His previous books include An F. Scott Fitzgerald Encyclopedia (1998), A Herman Melville Encyclopedia (1995), A Nathaniel Hawthorne Encyclopedia (1991), A Henry James Encyclopedia (1989), The Gay Nineties in America: A Cultural Dictionary of the 1890s (1992), and A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1850s in America (1993), all available from Greenwood Press.