Not sure I can justify continuing to read Spillane. I am a big fan of hardboiled/Noir/PI novels and the brute force of the writing typical of the genre. Spillane is one of the crudest, and generally I enjoy it, despite (or because of?) the dodgy prose - laughing breasts, anyone? Thought not. But the levels of homophobia, racism, misogyny and - spoiler alert - transphobia were so high throughout the novel that I felt contaminated just reading it. I think this will be my last goodbye to Mike Hammer.