Juri Nummelin (jurnum@utu.fi)
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:58:48 +0300 (EET DST)
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Mark Sullivan wrote:
> All that means is Spillane has a Madonna/Whore
complex, where the women
> Hammer loves must remain pure, while all other women
are there to be
> used. Velda and the murderess are the only women
Hammer doesn't screw
> in I, The Jury. The latter is allegedly because he
has fallen in love
> with her (so she must remain virginal for their
marriage), but serves
> the double purpose of ensuring he remains untainted
by her
> yet-to-be-exposed evil.
Now here's a man to my tastes. I find Spillane rather
loathsome author who has more racist and fascist attitudes
than almost any other writer. But he writes (wrote? I've
heard there's no punch anymore) quite well.
Juri jurnum@utu.fi
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