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James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction .
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 Chandler as one of the masters of the genre.
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Learn about James M. Cain, a master of detective novels and crime fiction who influenced film and literature. Discover his life, works, style, and legacy, and read reviews of his books and adaptations.
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- October 27, 1977
- July 1, 1892
- The Postman Always Rings Twice.
- Double Indemnity.
- Mildred Pierce.
- The Cocktail Waitress.
James M. Cain is an internationally acclaimed American novelist whose lurid, violent, sexually charged and relentlessly paced melodramas about crime and desperation epitomised the so-called 'hard-boiled' school of writing that flourished in the United States in the 1930s and ’40s.
Jul 1, 2014 · Today is James M. Cain’s birthday; the titan of noir writing was born July 1, 1892. The longtime writer is best known for three books that were made into now-classic films: “The Postman...
James M. Cain has 160 books on Goodreads with 197200 ratings. James M. Cain’s most popular book is The Postman Always Rings Twice.
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