Cain: The Biography of James M. Cain
by Roy Hoopes
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I never knew a writer who regarded writing] as anything but a refined form of crucifixion. James M. CainAlthough Cain was formerly dismissed as merely a hardboiled writer, his finest works"The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, "and "Double Indemnity"are" "now considered enduring classics of American literature.In this book Roy Hoopes gives as full a picture of the man and his life as will ever be written. The work was awarded an Edgar by the Mystery Writers of America."Tags
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- Fiction and Literature, Biography & Memoir, Mystery, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
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- PS3505 .A3113 .Z69 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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