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The Big Bang by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins THE BIG BANG
by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
read by Stacy Keach
Myst & Susp • Audio Theater
Blackstone Exclusive | Simultaneous Release
Format EAN/ISBN Avail. Price Sale Qty.
6 CDs 9781441735164 YES $29.95 NA
1 MP3CD 9781441735171 YES $29.95 NA
1 Playaway 9781441735201 YES $59.99 NA
6 Tapes* 9781441735133 YES $54.95 $27.48
* packaged in a sturdy vinyl case.
Book ID(5674) - 6.8 hrs (est.), Published - 05/13/10
DESCRIPTION

Subtitle: The Lost Mike Hammer Sixties Novel

In midtown Manhattan, Mike Hammer, recovering from a near-fatal mix-up with the Mob, runs into drug dealers assaulting a young hospital messenger. He saves the kid, but the muggers are not so lucky. In a New York of flashy discotheques, swanky bachelor pads, and the occasional dark alley, Hammer deals with doctors and drug addicts, hippie chicks and hit men, meeting changing times with his timeless brand of violent vengeance.

Originally begun and outlined by Spillane in the mid-sixties, and expertly completed by his longtime collaborator Max Allan Collins, The Big Bang is vintage Mike Hammer on acid — literally. Hammer and his beautiful, deadly partner Velda take on the narcotics racket in New York, just as the streets have dried up and rumors run rampant of a massive heroin shipment due any day.



REVIEWS

“A triple combination of talent comes together to bring the iconic Mike Hammer back for a new adventure. Collins, working with Spillane's incomplete manuscript and copious notes, has completed a sterling addition to the Hammer canon. The third creative element to this mix is the impeccable vocal artistry of Stacy Keach, an actor who for a generation is the embodiment of Mike Hammer…Keach's smooth, confident reading perfectly captures Spillane's most famous creation, whether he's delivering a punch in the face, a slug from a .45, or a kiss to a dame. Pure unabashed, pleasurable pulp.”—Publishers Weekly audio review



FRANK MORRISON SPILLANE (1918–2006), introduced his signature detective character, Mike Hammer, to readers in 1947 with I, the Jury and went on to sell more than 225 million copies of his books internationally. He was named a British Crime Writers’ Association Grand Master in 1995.

MAX ALLAN COLLINS has earned fifteen Shamus nominations from Private Eye Writers of America, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away. His graphic novel Road to Perdition was the basis of the Academy® Award-winning film. His comics credits include “Dick Tracy,” and his tie-in CSI books were listed on the USA Today bestseller list nine times and the New York Times list twice.



* packaged in a sturdy vinyl case.
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