The late Raymond Chandler, one of my favorite writers, dismissed Spillane, having his iconic private detective character Philip Marlowe drop what he noted passed for a crime novel in a trash can — as no garbage can was available.
Interview with James L. Traylor, co-author of 'Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction'
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He noted that Ayn Rand was also an admirer and once compared Spillane’s and the late novelist Thomas Wolfe’s descriptions of a rainy night in New York.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction'
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