I feel like Mike Hammer after the third or br fourth attack by a gunman in one day, I br feel all fatigued and evil, finding the noise br in my downtown Chicago just too much; br I need the care of an electrifying beauty br to restore me to my macho bravery br br I want to solve this crime so I can reach br the last page and take a momentary br break before the next attacker come br again, I want to feel the joy of seeing br how the criminal pointing his gun at me br is gunned down himself by the hair-trigger br br Rifle of the skeleton who had been killed br by him thirty years ago, then turn to Velda, br my life’s love, and show her where is br paradise… br br Mickey Spillane “The Snake”br br Robert Smithbr br