Dirty Harry novels Dirty Harry novels "Dirty Harry" novels include film novelizations and original tie-ins based on the "Dirty Harry" film franchise. Like the films, the novels portray Inspector "Dirty Harry" Callahan as he ruthlessly fights criminals. Novelizations of the first four films, "Dirty Harry", "Magnum Force", "The Enforcer", and "Sudden Impact", were published between 1971 and 1983. Additionally, after star Clint Eastwood announced he would make no further "Dirty Harry" films after "The Enforcer", Warner Books published twelve new novels attributed to Dane Hartman, a collective pen name used by at least three authors, between 1981 and 1983. Warner Bros. licensed novelizations
Clint Eastwood in the 1980s screened at Cannes and received a mixed reception. Spike Lee, a long term critic of Eastwood, the son of jazz bassist Bill Lee, and alto saxophonist Jackie McLean criticized the characterisation of Charlie Parker, remarking that it did not capture his true essence and sense of humor. Critic Pauline Kael published a scathing review, confessing to loathing the film and describing it as "a rat's nest of a movie", which looks as if Clint "hadn't paid his Con Ed Bill". Others, particularly jazz enthusiasts, however, praised the music of the film and Eastwood received two Golden Globes—the Cecil B. DeMille