James M. Cain wrote some of the grittiest novels in American literature, including such classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce. James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled Mythmaker is a critical overview of the author's life, work, and legacy. An updated and expan...
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
James M. Cain. Writer: Double Indemnity. James M. Cain was a 'Film Noir' author. His father was a professor, and president, of 'Washington College'. His mother was an opera singer in Maryland. James graduated from the same college in 1910, and became a
James Cain novels yield some hard-boiled recipesPatrick Ercolano
Two of Cain's other novels, (1941) and (1943), were also made into film noir classics. In 1974, James M. Cain was awarded the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Cain published eighteen books in all and was working on his autobiography at the time of his death.The...
JAMESM.CAIN PASTORALE JAMESM(ALLAHAN)CAIN(1892-1977)wasborninAnnapolis,andgrewupinMaryland, returningtothestatepermanently(afterseventeenyearsasascreenwriterin California)in1947.HereceivedhisBAfromWashingtonCollegeattheageofeighteen, thentaughtmathematicsandEnglishforfouryearsbeforereceivinghisMA.Hebecamea ...
Presents an insight into the profile of American writer James M. Cain. Discussion on his career as a journalist and a scriptwriter; Focus on the novels written by him; Statement that the main criticism against him was that he did...
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98. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain99. THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy100. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington 阅读更多 17 个人发现此评论有用 有帮助 报告 将评论翻译为中文(简体) Gerry 3.0 颗星,最多 5 颗星 This book is both brilliant and boring at the same...