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    James M. Cain

    James M. Cain was a first-rate writer of American hard-boiled crime fiction. Born in Baltimore in 1892, Cain began his career as a reporter, serving in the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and writing for the newspaper of the 79th Division. He returned from the war to embark on a literary career that included a professorship at St. John’s College in Annapolis and a stint at The New Yorker as managing editor before he went to Hollywood as a script writer. Cain’s first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, became an instant sensation in 1934. In 1974, James M. Cain was awarded the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Cain published 18 books in all and was working on his autobiography at the time of his death in 1977. 
    The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)
    The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)
    James M. Cain
    9780593311912
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 09, 2022
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories
    The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories
    Introduction by Robert Polito
    James M. Cain
    9780375414381
    $36.00 US
    Hardcover
    Jul 22, 2003
    Everyman's Library
    Mildred Pierce
    Mildred Pierce
    A Novel
    James M. Cain
    9780679723219
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 1989
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Double Indemnity
    Double Indemnity
    James M. Cain
    9780679723226
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 1989
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Three by Cain
    Three by Cain
    Serenade, Love's Lovely Counterfeit, The Butterfly
    James M. Cain
    9780679723233
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 1989
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

    Books

    The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)
    The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)
    James M. Cain
    9780593311912
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 09, 2022
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories
    The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories
    Introduction by Robert Polito
    James M. Cain
    9780375414381
    $36.00 US
    Hardcover
    Jul 22, 2003
    Everyman's Library
    Mildred Pierce
    Mildred Pierce
    A Novel
    James M. Cain
    9780679723219
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 1989
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Double Indemnity
    Double Indemnity
    James M. Cain
    9780679723226
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 1989
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Three by Cain
    Three by Cain
    Serenade, Love's Lovely Counterfeit, The Butterfly
    James M. Cain
    9780679723233
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 1989
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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