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5 days ago · First published in 1934, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir. It established James M. Cain as a major novelist with an unsparing vision of America's bleak underside and was acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger.
5 days ago · Paretsky knows the waterfront. In “Deadlock,” her second novel, a member of the Chicago Blackhawks is murdered on a local shipping dock, a crime that leads to much uglier,...
5 days ago · Since 2022, they supplemented their collection with copies of books from their personal library, which includes stellar copies of books by Lenore Glen Offord, Frances Crane, Dolores Hitchens, Whitman Chambers, Dorothy B. Hughes, David Dodge, James M. Cain, and many other California writers.
3 days ago · Jaxxon Carver Cain, Ottumwa, IA — On Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024, the Ottumwa community faced a heartbreaking loss with the passing of Jaxxon Carver Cain. This young soul, just 8 years old, was tragically hit while riding his bike, leaving a deep void in the lives of those who knew and loved him. Jaxxon was known for his beauty, intelligence ...
2 days ago · The primary literary influence on film noir was the hardboiled school of American detective and crime fiction, led in its early years by such writers as Dashiell Hammett (whose first novel, Red Harvest, was published in 1929) and James M. Cain (whose The Postman Always Rings Twice appeared five years later), and popularized in pulp magazines ...
2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and other films and film characters.
2 days ago · James Cain (@hustleboydjcain). I’m not saying it’s Good or Bad, but I can’t get into Supacell! Every time I try to watch it my attention goes elsewhere!
