James Mallahan Cain

A beautiful divorcâee and her daughter share the same ambitions and talent for exploitation.

Mildred Pierce

The sultry young wife of a diner owner conspires with an aimless drifter to murder her husband

The Postman Always Rings Twice

James Lee Burke

The Five Great Novels of James M. Cain

Three of a Kind. Double Indemnity

Ben Grace, a member of the organized crime gang that controls Lake City, leaks evidence implicating the leader in murder and tax evasion, leading to a violent struggle to maintain control of the city in face of a reforming mayoral candidate

Love's Lovely Counterfeit

A young, amateur conductor and a Mexican-Indian prostitute play tragic roles in the life of a famous opera singer

Serenade

   Un roman bun, alert și violent... Dashiel Hammett Un vagabond tânăr și imoral. O femeie frumoasă și nemulțumită de viață, căsătorită cu un bărbat nepotrivit. 
   O situație care are o singură ieșire, una oribilă. O soluție care creează alte probleme, fără ca nici una dintre ele să fie rezolvată. Publicat pentru prima oară în 1934, romanul a fost interzis la Boston din cauza amestecului său exploziv de violență și erotism. Poștașul sună întotdeauna de două ori este un exemplu clasic al romanului negru, care l-a propulsat pe James M. Cain în rândul scriitorilor importanți, cu o viziune de ansamblu asupra părții aride și nevăzute a Americii și care a fost folosit de Albert Camus că model pentru romanul sau Străinul.

Poștașul sună întotdeauna de două ori

Double Indemnity

Fictional dialogues on the workings of the several branches of the government.

Our Government

Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men, and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter. Out of these elements, Cain creates a novel of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable.

A Confederate spy on a mission in Nevada finds himself passionately attracted to a greedy woman, who puts his life in danger

Past All Dishonor

The Root of His Evil

The Butterfly

Features a collection of resources on moths, presented by Jun Fan. Includes information on moth identification, taxonomy, and collection. Describes common species of moth such as borers, caterpillars, gypsy moths, and leafminers.

James Mallahan Cain

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