<<From what I hear, Cap didn't like his work but had to
print it because the readers loved it.>>
Daly only wrote one thing well: "action". Because of that, he
was very successful in Black Mask. Shaw was making
money.
Daly is a precursor to the trend in cinema called "action
movies". Dumb? Yes. Catering to a certain sector of the male
crowd? Obviously. Good business? Of course.
If you want to read one of the worst detective novels of all
time, get a copy of Daly's _The Hidden Hand_. Everything in
it is crude in the extreme, including the plot. Daly makes
Spillane look like a writer.
Best,
MrT
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