The voice of James M. Cain : a biography / David Madden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, David, 1933- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977.

Cain, James M.

Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Distribution:

[United States] : Distributed by National Book Network.

Place of Publication:

Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press , [2020]

Summary:

"James M. Cain was among the prominent member of the "hard-boiled" school of writing that characterized the 1930s and 1940s, one of the masters of the genre that included Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. His novels became such popular film noir classics as The Postman always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce, and his 1937 novel Serenade boldly portrayed its hero as a bisexual. Cain also taught journalism at various colleges in Maryland, wrote editorials for the New York World, and was for a brief time managing editor at The New Yorker. This is the first biography of James M. Cain written with the full cooperation of the late novelist's family"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Note

Young man on a park bench

Occupation: newspaperman

Our government

The postman always rings twice

Double indemnity and Serenade

Mildred Pierce and Love's lovely counterfeit

Past all dishonor

The butterfly and the moth

Gatatea and Mignon

The magician's wife

"Station to station does it

I'm the only one here."

Other Format:

Online version: Madden, David, The voice of James M. Cain

ISBN:

9781493048120

1493048120

OCLC:

1104919385

Publisher Number:

99983925652