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James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction. [ 1][ 2]
Jun 27, 2024 · James M. Cain was a novelist whose violent, sexually obsessed, and relentlessly paced melodramas epitomized the “hard-boiled” school of writing that flourished in the United States in the 1930s and ’40s. He was ranked with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler as one of the masters of the genre.
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James M. Cain is an internationally acclaimed American novelist whose lurid, violent, sexually charged and relentlessly paced melodramas about crime and desperation epitomized the so-called 'hard-boiled' school of writing that flourished in the United States in the 1930s and ’40s.
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- October 27, 1977
- July 1, 1892
- The Postman Always Rings Twice.
- Double Indemnity.
- Mildred Pierce.
- The Cocktail Waitress.
- The Postman Always Rings Twice James M. Cain.
- Double Indemnity James M. Cain.
- Mildred Pierce James M. Cain.
- The Cocktail Waitress James M. Cain.
Complete order of James M. Cain books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
James M. Cain, the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce, talks about his life, career, and writing style in this 1977 interview. He reveals his early ambition to be a singer, his encounters with H. L. Mencken and Arthur Krock, and his views on crime and morality.
