tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post7706222610251720193..comments2008-03-18T01:22:12.460-04:00August Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958augustwest9@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-48707390822117007862008-03-18T01:22:00.000-04:002008-03-18T01:22:00.000-04:00In case you didn't know, the naked blonde on the cover of The Erection Set was Mick's then wife Sherri.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-47407052892936130612008-03-02T15:24:00.000-05:002008-03-02T15:24:00.000-05:00Found my copy of "One Lonely Night" and had to throw some glue on the binding (dried out)Will attack it in a few days. Getting older, I notice I have hold those Signet paperbacks farther and farther away-could they have made the type any smaller. <BR/><BR/>This is the only Mike Hammer book that I haven't read, so being probably the best-I'm getting excited. <BR/><BR/>Thanks to allAugust Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-31804315333887308812008-03-02T12:07:00.000-05:002008-03-02T12:07:00.000-05:00I'll second John's recommendation of ONE LONELY NIGHT. It's easily my favorite Spillane, with one of the best opening chapters you'll ever read and a great ending.<BR/><BR/>I read and enjoyed THE ERECTION SET and THE LAST COP OUT and enjoyed them, but I read all the Hammer novels first (the ones published up to that point) and liked them even more. Got to admit that Sherri Spillane made a fine cover model, though.James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-53316623575366766622008-03-02T03:08:00.000-05:002008-03-02T03:08:00.000-05:00The woman hung by the wrists is Velda.<BR/>The scene is actually in the book.<BR/>Seeing Velda in this state puts Hammer in a really bad mood.<BR/><BR/>JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-40839957829833459602008-03-01T20:45:00.000-05:002008-03-01T20:45:00.000-05:00John: You got me there. I just checked my list of Spillane books that I read and I didn't read "One Lonely Night." I know I have it somewhere-cus I remember it has the coolest Spillane cover with a nude dame tied by the hands from the ceiling. I'll find it and start it after I finish the 2 novels I'm into now.<BR/>Thanks for the Recommendation....August Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-86438298679652991182008-03-01T20:21:00.000-05:002008-03-01T20:21:00.000-05:00I like them both fine,<BR/>but neither book can touch Spillane's One Lonely Night-<BR/>a noir freak-out of the first order with slatherings of richly atmospheric prose, a staggeringly violent climax, and Hammer so far off on the edge that he's practically unhinged. I re-read that one every couple years.<BR/><BR/>John HockingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-71824456013635416052008-03-01T11:42:00.000-05:002008-03-01T11:42:00.000-05:00Cool. I intend to read 'em both. mtmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com