: Mine was Mickey Spillane at age 11 and I haven't been quite
right since.
I first read Spillane when I was about 13, but it was one of
his
children's books. I had no idea who he was, but when I did,
it seemed
strange he'd done books for kids. I forget the title, but I
think it
involved a couple of boys and a beach where the tide went
very far out.
Perhaps there was pirate treasure.
I don't think I began to read a lot of hardboiled novels
until I was 16 or
so. A TV station ran a series of old Warner Bros. movies and
that got me
hooked.
Bill
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