The Erection Set [Import] [Hardcover]

Mickey Spillane (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 335 pages
• Publisher: Dutton; First Edition edition (1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0491007531
• ISBN-13: 978-0491007535
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,264,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mickey Spillane (1918-2006) sold hundreds of millions of books. He introduced iconic detective Mike Hammer to readers in 1947 with I, THE JURY, and was named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master in 1995.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book was just what I expected from the Great Mickey, June 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Erection Set (Mass Market Paperback)

The plot was rich with intrige and the players did not know that they were playing with The big Dog. Kelly is a average Spillane characture. He knows what women want and what men fear. He is ready to give them both every thing he's got with both barrels.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Trying Too Hard-Boiled, July 19, 2011

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This review is from: The Erection Set (Mass Market Paperback)

I thought this would be enjoyably bad but it was just plain lousy. The lead character is idiotically invincible in every way, like James Bond meets the Terminator meets John Holmes. The plot is all about revenge for childhood mistreatment by villians who are one hundred percent bad. Our hero uses bullets and a conveniently infinite pile of cash to get what he wants. The whole thing is self consciously "seedy" and "sexy" in a way that a junior high age boy might have found impressive in 1979. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, there's also an anti-gravity invention tossed in, with about as much relevence as a space ship in the Maltese Falcon. I've read some Spillane before and I know he's not Shakespeare, but skip this one.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER DEPARTURE FOR SPILLANE, February 14, 2004

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Erection Set (Hardcover)

While many may dub "The Erection Set" Spillane's "most ambitious work, " I can only comment that to my knowledge it's the longest. For this reader it simply didn't have the impact - the pow- of some of his earlier novels.

"I, The Jury" (1947) was the beginning, the beginning of a round of thrillers by then unknown Mickey Spillane. Mike Hammer, one of thrillerdom's ace protagonists was introduced, and the world couldn't read enough of his adventures.

Today Mickey Spillane is 85-years-old, and acclaimed around the globe for inventing the hard-hitting, hard-boiled protagonist who is a compelling mix of sex and sharp shooting. It's hard to believe this many years have gone by for the Brooklyn born Spillane. He's outlasted and out sold many of his contemporaries, and when last heard from was still hard at work.

Perhaps those of us who love to read don't take time to thank the writers who have given us so many hours of pleasure. I certainly fall into that category, so a big hats off to Mickey Spillane and gratitude for the wealth of reading pleasure he's given so many.