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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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James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892–October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labeling, he is usually associated with the hard-boiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the "roman noir."
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.
James M. Cain Books. Originally a journalist, James Mallahan Cain (1892-1977) was the author of a number of classic and influential noir mystery novels including, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce.
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.
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.
James Cain. Although he disliked the title, James M. Cain (1892-1977) is considered one of the preeminent "hard-boiled" crime writers of the 1930s and 1940s along with Dashiell Hammett, Horace McCoy, and Raymond Chandler.
