Author Max Allan Collins has been quoted as saying, “Anyone who doesn’t recognize [Mickey] Spillane’s importance is an idiot.” Well, obviously, the residents of Georgetown County, South Carolina, aren’t idiots, because they’ve just decided to name a stretch of U.S. Highway 17 in honor of the man who gave us that immortal tough-guy, New York City private eye Mike Hammer (I, the Jury, Kiss Me, Deadly, Black Alley, etc.). Spillane lives in that county, specifically in the town of Murrells Inlet, with his third wife, Jane.
(Hat tip to Sarah Weinman.)
READ MORE: “Spillane ... ’Nuff Said,” by Bruce Grossman (Bookgasm).
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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