I too found I, THE JURY on rereading to suck big time. All
that remained was the additude and the ending that was not
completely stupid. VENGEANCE IS MINE I read soon after and it
is a far better example of Spillane's work.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Vorzimmer"
<jvorzimmer@a...> wrote:
> > VENGEANCE IS MINE revisists the same basic plot
as I, THE JURY,
but with
> some twists. It
> > starts out with Hammer waking up from a
hangover to find the
police
> standing over him and a war > buddy dead from an
apparent suicide.
Since
> the deceased used Hammer's gun while
Hammer
> > was passed out, Hammer loses his PI ticket. The
DA couldn't be
more
> pleased.
>
> I just finished this one myself and I have to say
that it was
better than
> the previous two, In fact, I thought I, the Jury was
pure shit, but
the
> character of Hammer propelled me to the next one, My
Gun is Quick,
which was
> a hell of a lot better.
>
> Right now I'm reading my first McGivern novel, The
Big Heat, which
to my
> surprise, is set in Philadelphia. I'd never read
anything outside
of Goodis
> set in Philly. Since I lived ten years there I know
the lay of the
land, so
> I can follow Bannion in my head as he drives all
over the city.
>
> Jeff V
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