{"product_id":"the-last-stand-paperback","title":"The Last Stand - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMickey Spillane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eON MICKEY SPILLANE'S 100TH BIRTHDAY - A BRAND-NEW NOVEL FROM THE MASTER\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane died in 2006, he left behind the manuscript of one last novel he'd just completed: \u003ci\u003eTHE LAST STAND\u003c\/i\u003e. He asked his friend and colleague (and fellow Mystery Writers of America Grand Master) Max Allan Collins to take responsibility for finding the right time and place to publish this final book. Now, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Spillane's birth, his millions of fans at last get to read\u003ci\u003e THE LAST STAND\u003c\/i\u003e, together with a second never-before-published work, this one from early in Spillane's career: the feverish crime novella \u003ci\u003eA BULLET FOR SATISFACTION.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tarnished former cop goes on a crusade to find a politician's killer and avoid the .45-caliber slug with his name on it. A pilot forced to make an emergency landing in the desert finds himself at the center of a struggle between FBI agents, unsavory fortune hunters, and the local Indian tribe to control a mysterious find that could mean wealth and power - or death. Two substantial new works filled with Spillane's muscular prose and the gorgeous women and two-fisted action the author was famous for, topped off by an introduction from Max Allan Collins describing the history of these lost manuscripts and his long relationship with the writer who was his mentor, his hero, and for much of the last century the bestselling author in the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMickey Spillane\u003c\/b\u003e is the legendary crime writer credited with igniting the explosion of paperback publishing after World War II as a result of the unprecedented success of his Mike Hammer novels, feeding the public's appetite for sexy, violent, straight-talking crime stories. He also starred as Mike Hammer in \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e. Mickey Spillane died at the age of 88 in 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770141016352,"sku":"9781785656996","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b5b2a8a7bd04cdb407242f13523243c7.webp?v=1780365445","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-last-stand-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}