The Last Cop Out
by Mickey Spillane
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A gritty mystery featuring the toughest ex-cop in New York from bestselling novelist Mickey Spillane.When he's kicked off the force, Gill Burke knows it's because the mob pulled all the right strings to get him gone. But when some of the top brass are taken out of commission—violently—a DA persuades Gill to pick up his badge and get the brutal justice he so rightly deserves...
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The Last Cop Out features a stunning eye-catching bare-bottomed model on its cover. Unfortunately, that's the best part of this book. The book features a disgruntled ex-cop and a set of Mafia bosses who are being knocked off one at a time. Although there are a lot of great ingredients here, the end result was choppy, disjointed, and simply not up to Spillane's usual standards.
Spillane assomiglia ad Ellroy, per trame e ambientazioni, e anche per la violenza dei suoi personaggi che sembra fine a se stessa. Qui sangue e morte la fanno da protagonisti in ogni pagina, orchestrati da un ex poliziotto che porta avanti la sua vendetta contro chi lo ha fatto, per paura delle sue capacità, buttare fuori dalla polizia. Un ottimo romanzo, molto ben scritto, che non viene addolcito nemmeno dall'inevitabile storia d'amore.
I found this Spillane offering too much work to follow satisfactorily. It asks too much of me. I don't really appreciate being exhorted to jump from one place to the next too quickly without at least a bit of guidance as to what was being suggested. Perhaps that is what Spillane wanted to do - keep the reader as confused as he could while he kept the pace up towards a different kind of conclusion. Fair enough I suppose but I have preferred all his previous offerings. If, however, a reader is a Spillane fan, he or she should not just ignore this book just because I didn't like it so much. Read it, you may appreciate it.
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Mickey Spillane was born Frank Morrison Spillane in Brooklyn, New York on March 9, 1918. He briefly attended Fort Hays State College in Kansas, but dropped out, moved back to New York, and began his writing career in the mid-1930s. His first stories were published mostly in comic books and pulp magazines. He created Mike Danger, a private show more detective, and also wrote for Captain America, Captain Marvel, and The Human Torch. During World War II, he worked as a flying instructor for the U.S. Army Air Force. His first novel, I, the Jury, featured Mike Hammer and was published in 1947. His other novels include Vengeance Is Mine; My Gun Is Quick; The Big Kill; Kiss Me, Deadly; The Long Wait; and The Deep. Between 1952 and 1961 Spillane stopped writing full-length novels after converting to a Jehovah's Witness. In 1962, he brought Hammer back with The Girl Hunters, which was followed by Day of the Guns, The Death Dealers, The Twisted Thing, and Body Lovers. He also wrote two children's books, The Day the Sea Rolled Back, which won a prize from the Junior Literary Guild, and The Ship That Never Was. In 1995, he received the Grand Master award from the Mystery Writers of America. In the mid-1990s, he returned to comic books, by co-creating a futuristic Mike Danger. He died following a long illness on July 17, 2006 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Last Cop Out
- Original title
- The Last Cop Out
- Original publication date
- 1973
- People/Characters
- Gillian Burke (the Gill)
- Dedication
- For the critics, reviewers and unbelievers, I suggest a slow perusal of your newspaper files .... and special attention to a certain police file coded 3D-SSR-02
To the Big Man ... thanks.
M. - First words
- He reached the newsstand at exactly three minutes to eleven, picked up the early edition of tomorrow's paper, a copy of TV Guide, then waited another minute scanning the headlines in the light of the booth before cross... (show all)ing to the other side of the street.
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