Re: RARA-AVIS: Real Cool Killers

From: Jeff Vorzimmer ( jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com)
Date: 14 Jul 2007


perhaps too obvious a smiliarity, I would add . . .

7. The novels were based in New York City.

Jeff

> Allan Guthrie wrote:
>
> Himes was one of a kind... I don't see him being at
> all like Spillane, though.
>
> ***********
> Really? Well, I can mention a few ways that I see The
> Real Cool Killers as being similar to Spillane's Mike
> Hammer novels.
>
> 1. His two protagonists are raging extemists.
>
> 2. The protagonists see violence as a favored option
> in dealing with anyone who gets in the way of them
> achieving their goals.
>
> 3. The goals of the protagonists do not exactly
> parallel the law.
>
> 4. The protagonists live in a violent and
> crime-filled world.
>
> 5. When the protagonists occasionally decide to
> exhibit a little compassion, a fallen woman is a
> standard choice.
>
> 6. The protagonists succeed because of their violent
> vigilante ways.
>
> miker
>
>
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