FORGOTTEN BOOKS #167: LADY, GO DIE! By Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins finished this manuscript of a Mike Hammer novel. If you’re a fan of Mickey Spillane and Mike Hammer, this is a must-buy. Somehow Max Allan Collins manages to channel Spillane. The writing of both authors is seamless in this book. Lady, Go Die! was lost in the 1940s. It’s the Mike Hammer novel Spillane wrote between I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick. But it was never published. Yes, it’s a relic of the past, but I enjoyed reading every page!

8 thoughts on “FORGOTTEN BOOKS #167: LADY, GO DIE! By Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins

  1. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)

    I’m just about to start my first ever Max Allan Collins next week – I am not a fan of Spillaine and Mike Hammer however (apologies) but am definitely intrigued by these posthumous collaborations – my local library has a copy of THE CONSUMMATA and I was thinking of giving it a whirl as I like so many of the Hard Case Crime books …

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    1. george Post author

      Mike Hammer was an avatar of his time, Sergio. I enjoy the Hammer books, but the best ones were written 60 years ago.

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  2. Richard R.

    George, “forgotten” hardly applies to this one, it’s very new. Also, I think “Mike Hammer was an avatar of his time” is a little strong, but maybe I’m mistaken about that. I’m assuming the definition of avatar as “an embodiment or personification”.

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    1. george Post author

      The manuscript for LADY, GO DIE! languished for over 50 years, Rick. That qualifies it for being “forgotten” in my book. Mike Hammer and Mickey Spillane dominated the Fifties and the Sixties in terms of sales and cultural influence which embodies my use of the word “avatar.”

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