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Spillane

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Spil·lane  (sp-ln), Mickey 1918-2006.
American writer known for his violent detective novels that feature the hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer.

Spillane [spɪˈleɪn]
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(Biographies / Spillane, Mickey (1918 M, US, WRITING: crime writer) Mickey, original name Frank Morrison Spillane. born 1918, US detective-story writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Mike Hammer, for example I, the Jury (1947) and The Twisted Thing (1966)
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Noun1.Spillane - United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)Spillane - United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)


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