I, the Jury (Signet #699) - Softcover

Spillane, Mickey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451006992 ISBN 13: 9780451006998

Publisher: New American Library, 1948

Synopsis

In a facsimile edition of the first mystery to feature hard-boiled private eye Mike Hammer, the tough detective investigates the brutal murder of his best friend.

About this title

About the Author

Born Frank Morrison Spillane in Brooklyn, New York City, Mickey Spillane started writing while at high school. During the Second World War, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and became a fighter pilot and instructor. After the war, he moved to South Carolina. He was married three times, the third time to Jane Rogers Johnson, and had four children and two stepchildren. He wrote his first novel, I, the Jury (1947), in order to raise the money to buy a house for himself and his first wife, Mary Ann Pearce. The novel sold six and a half million copies in the United States, and introduced Spillane's most famous character, the hardboiled PI Mike Hammer. The many novels that followed became instant bestsellers, until in 1980 the US all-time fiction bestseller list of fifteen titles boasted seven by Mickey Spillane. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. He was uniformly disliked by critics, owing to the high content of sex and violence in his books. However, he was later praised by American mystery writers Max Alan Collins and William L. DeAndrea, as well as artist Markus Lupertz. The novelist Ayn Rand, a friend of Spillane's, appreciated the black-and-white morality of his books. Spillane was an active Jehovah's Witness. He died in 2006.

Edition details

• Publisher: New American Library
• Publication date: 1948
• ISBN 10: 0451006992
• ISBN 13: 9780451006998
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160