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Black Alley
  
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Black Alley [Large Print] (Hardcover)

de Mickey Spillane (Author)
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It's not clear whether Spillane himself or his venerable detective hero Mike Hammer has been in a coma during the seven years since his last book, but loyal fans who discovered and fell in love with the hard-boiled genre because of his early books won't care. Hammer is back, along with his trusty sidekick/secretary Velma, and age hasn't slowed them down more than a step. Hammer wakes from his brush with death to find himself embroiled in a mess involving $89 million of missing mob money. Not the smoothest writer in the arena of mystery, but certainly one of the most popular -- and influential. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.

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Mike Hammer is a hard guy to kill. Caught in a gangster shootout in New York City, Hammer takes two slugs in the gut. Triage teams leave the tough PI for dead, but a burned-out doctor, wasting away in dockside bars, reclaims his professional pride and brings Hammer back from the brink. Mending slowly, Hammer learns that his old war buddy, Marcos Dooley, has been shot. As he dies, Dooley gives a Hammer a clue regarding $89 billion in cash, crime proceeds hidden by old-guard mobsters fearing a power play by younger hoods. With his still-faithful partner, Velda, Hammer launches a treasure hunt that takes him to Florida and upstate New York, butting heads with the feds?they want the money, too?and the remorseless son of an old mob don. Spillane's hard-boiled hero has softened with time; he finally tells Velda how he really feels about her?but, on doctor's orders, he refrains from consummation. "You're really trying to ruin your reputation, aren't you," Velda complains. Not likely. Spillane keeps the pulpy action coming, with hot lead, male bonding and a sex kitten. Mike Hammer looks like he'll make the next century, even if it means bran flakes and 2% milk for breakfast. Mystery Guild main selection.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Mike and Velda Become Closer in a Lousy Plot, Fév 13 2001
This review is from: Black Alley (Paperback)
This story has so many flaws, it's not worth listing them all. If you like your hard-boiled characters turning sensitive and up-scale, you may like this book. But Mike Hammer it isn't! The name's the same, but almost all of the details have changed for the worse.

Mike awakes from a coma to find he is recovering from a life-threatening wound. In a crazy and improbable tale, a surgeon turned drunk has picked him up and saved his life. The book's title refers to the temptation to take the black alley towards death. His recovery is cut short when an old army pal calls him back to his death bed, where Mike learns about a missing $89 billion that his friend has hidden. The search for the money is complicated by Mike's finally proposing to Velda, and her accepting.

To me, the whole injury recovery, the missing $89 billion, and the way Mike lives are all very dissatisfying.

What I loved about the book was the way that Mike keeps to his idealism when it comes to his love for Velda. No modern monkeyshines for him! That aspect of the book was the only one that rang true for me.

If you love Mike Hammer, you may want to skip this book. You won't feel the same about the character or the series if you read this book. If you have never read Mike Hammer, this book may seem a little less bad to you.

If you do decide to read the book, I suggest that you think about where you can uphold your standards in ways that will make your life and the lives of those around you better.

Be yourself . . . in a helpful way!

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1.0étoiles sur 5 Long in the tooth, short in the action, this Hammer doesn't, Jui 30 1998
Par Ray King (Morgan Hill, Ca USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Black Alley (Paperback)
I've read and enjoyed Spillane for 35 years but his latest work is a major disappointment. Spillane's Hammer has aged along with Spillane with the result that he is more like Barnaby Jones than the Hammer of old. He talks about his buddies from the "War" and the way he talks (and acts), you realize it is WWII.

The story starts with him gut shot and for the rest of the book, he hobbles around. Where the Mike of old would have performed surgery on himself, reloaded the bullet and shot someone with it, this Hammer keeps going to the doctor and complaining. He gets engaged to Velda, she's more than willing, and he does nothing about it. Enough said? Like Agatha Christie, Alistair MacLean and others, age seems to have sapped Spillane's talents. My advice is to skip this book, find some vintage Spillane and enjoy the ride.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 MIKE IS A SHELL OF HIS FORMER SELF, Mai 24 1998
Par Lamont (ROCHESTER, MN USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Black Alley (Hardcover)
IN THIS NOVEL MIKE HAMMER LACKS THE HARD HITTING ATTITUDE THAT HE FORMERLY POSSESSED. THE STORY IS OK BUT WITHOUT THE NORMAL TWIST AT THE END TO REVEAL THE SOLUTION AS IN PAST NOVELS. THE CHARACHTER DEVELOPMENT IS GOOD; I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THE WAY REAL PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY INTO THE STORY aka HY GARDNER.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 A very poor outing by a previously dynamite author.
In my opinion this does not even come close to the Spillane classics, Kiss Me Deadly, I the Jury, My gun is quick. Read more
Publié le Janv. 26 1998

5.0étoiles sur 5 The Power is (still) with Spillane
I have never read a Mike Hammer book that I did not like and "The Black Alley" is no exception. Read more
Publié le Déc 8 1997

5.0étoiles sur 5 The times have changed, but Hammer remains the same.
I was wondering when Spillane was going to bring Mike back, and then I saw it on the shelf at my local bookstore, just calling out at me. Read more
Publié le Mai 3 1997

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