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(publ. E.P. Dutton)
My Gun Is Quick (1950) is Mickey Spillane's[1] second novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. It was the basis for the 1957 film of the same name.
Plot summary
[edit]Private detective Mike Hammer meets a red-headed prostitute in a diner. She is hassled by a man she appears to know and fear but Mike deals with him swiftly. Despite little conversation, he gives her some money to get a real job and leaves. The next day she is found dead, the victim of an apparent hit-and-run accident. Mike does not believe this and proceeds to hunt down her murderers. In the process he uncovers a massive and powerful prostitution ring in New York.
Reception
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As of 1956, My Gun Is Quick had sold over 3.9 million copies.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "My Gun Is Quick | ISBNdb". isbndb.com. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
- ↑ Prescott, Orville (December 21, 1956). "Books of The Times". The New York Times. p. 21. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 113637913.
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