The Goliath Bone (Mike Hammer)
by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins
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Author: Max Allan Collins, Mickey SpillaneEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 2008-10-13
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Book Review: Collins is to be praised for superbly completing Spillane's unfinished novel
Summary: 5 Stars
The Goliath Bone, by Mickey Spillane with Max Allan Collins (280 pgs., 2008). Spillane died in August 2006. This is the second novel of his which has been published posthumously with the assistance of his long time friend & now collaborator, Max Allan Collins. It's superb!
This novel was left unfinished at the time of Spillane's death. Collins wrote the ending & some additional chapters, based on Spillane's notes & the rest of the story. This reader can't tell where Spillane's writing ends & Collins's writing begins. The transition is seamless.
This novel also marks the return of Mike Hammer. Mike finally has made plans to marry his long time lover & assistant, Velda. Those plans get thwarted when Hammer inadvertently protects two young university students from getting gunned down. Eventually, he is hired on as their bodyguard.
Spillane has taken Hammer & Velda into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with this tale. Apparently, the two students are stepbrother & stepsister who have accompanied their parents on a dig in Israel & discovered what is reputed to be the fossilized human remains of the arm-bone of the giant Goliath. This leads to all sorts of international intrigue with various governments getting involved along with various spies & big money & large multinational corporations.
Mike Hammer stands against them all. Alone, except for Velda & his old pal, NYPD Captain Pat Chambers. Of course, Hammer wins, the kids are saved, there is a twist ending one can barely guess at & Mike & Velda finally get married.
Collins is to be praised for his work on this novel.
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