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He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction. [1] [2] His novels The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Double Indemnity (1936), Serenade (1937), Mildred Pierce (1941) and The Butterfly (1947) brought him critical acclaim and an immense popular readership in America and abroad. [3]
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.
James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892–October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labeling, he is usually associated with the hard-boiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the "roman noir."
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Jul 1, 2014 · Today is James M. Cain’s birthday; the titan of noir writing was born July 1, 1892. The longtime writer is best known for three books that were made into now-classic films: “The...
James M. Cain has 144 books on Goodreads with 198461 ratings. James M. Cain’s most popular book is The Postman Always Rings Twice.
James M. Cain, best known as the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce, was born in Maryland in 1892. After an army career and early aspirations of becoming a singer, as his mother had be...
