Violent, salacious, and cringeworthy, this is a classic example of the double-fisted, hard drinking, hardboiled detective. It's racist, homophobic, sexist, an that was the times in which it was written.
Many have tried to recreate Mike Hammer, none have succeeded. ( )

¿Qué idea atraviesa la cabeza de cualquiera al enterarse de que han asesinado brutalmente a su mejor amigo? En el caso de Mike Hammer, la venganza. El más sexista, reaccionario y desagradable de los detectives privados -raras veces capaz de algún rasgo de compasión y simpatía- arremete contra una sinistra sociedad de hampones que controlan un negocio de trata de blancas. Cuando 'Yo, el jurado' se publicó en 1947 consiguió un éxito fulminante.

This was a lot of fun. I’ve always enjoys the noir genre. The first Mike Hammer books was a great introduction to the iconic character. Some “modern” people will hate. But I enjoyed it. ( )

4/9/22

It may have started a genre...even started a genre that I enjoy, but it's too artificial and dated for me. ( )