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Mystery writer James Mallahan Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Washington College, and served in the military as editor-in-chief of the official newspaper of the 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces. Cain worked as a staff reporter for the Baltimore Sun; he became a professor of journalism in the 1920s; he worked as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1930s and 40s. Many of his stories, including Double Indemnity (1943), have been made into successful films. Joan Crawford won an Academy Award in 1945 for her portrayal of Cain's Mildred Pierce (1941). Cain's first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), was said to have inspired Albert Camus' The Stranger, but offended sensibilities in the U.S. and was even tried for obscenity in Boston. The novel was eventually made into a movie in 1946, starring Lana Turner and again in 1981, with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. In all, Cain authored eighteen books. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Postman Always Rings Twice… (more)
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3,367 copies, 123 reviews
Double Indemnity 1,885 copies, 65 reviews
Mildred Pierce (Author) 1,187 copies, 44 reviews
Serenade 336 copies, 4 reviews
The Cocktail Waitress 308 copies, 12 reviews
The Butterfly 173 copies
Love's Lovely Counterfeit 159 copies, 3 reviews
Out of the Past [1947 film] (Writer) 92 copies, 2 reviews
The Postman Always Rings Twice [1946 film] (Author) 89 copies, 2 reviews
Three of a Kind 86 copies, 3 reviews
The Root of His Evil 85 copies, 1 review
Jealous Woman 66 copies, 3 reviews
The Moth 60 copies, 1 review
Sinful Woman 53 copies
Mignon 52 copies
Cloud Nine 51 copies, 1 review
Galatea 51 copies, 1 review
The Magician's Wife 48 copies, 1 review
The Complete Crime Stories 47 copies, 1 review
Rainbow's End 44 copies, 2 reviews
Four Complete Novels 38 copies, 1 review
The Embezzler 37 copies, 2 reviews
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The Institute 33 copies, 2 reviews
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A Bad Woman 2 copies
American noir 2 copies
Dans la peau 2 copies
Pastorale 2 copies
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Paradise 1 copy
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The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Contributor) 525 copies, 8 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (Contributor) 441 copies, 7 reviews
The Best American Noir of the Century (Contributor) 348 copies, 7 reviews
A Subtreasury of American Humor (Contributor) 271 copies, 3 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction (Contributor) 233 copies, 4 reviews
Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (Contributor) 180 copies, 6 reviews
A Century of Great Suspense Stories (Contributor) 151 copies, 2 reviews
The Oxford Book of Villains (Contributor) 133 copies
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The Best American Humorous Short Stories (Contributor) 82 copies, 2 reviews
A Century of Noir: Thirty-two Classic Crime Stories (Contributor) 78 copies, 3 reviews
20 Stories Pulp Fictions (Contributor) 69 copies, 3 reviews
The Bedside Tales: A Gay Collection (Contributor) 43 copies
Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics (Contributor) 41 copies
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (Contributor) 33 copies
Midnight Specials (Contributor) 33 copies
Ossessione [1943 film] (Based on a novel by) 23 copies
Continent's End: A Collection of California Writing (Contributor) 12 copies, 1 review
Tales for Males (Contributor) 10 copies
My Favorite Suspense Stories (Contributor) 8 copies, 1 review
Murder for the Millions (Contributor) 7 copies
American Crime Stories (Contributor) 5 copies
Slightly Scarlet [1956 film] (Original novel) 3 copies, 1 review
Great Tales of the Far West (Contributor) 2 copies
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