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Also known as James Mallahan Cain

American novelist, short story writer, journalist (1892–1977)

Person · Open Library

Born
1892
Died
1977
Works
110

Top works

  • פרפרי אהבה
  • Murder on the Railways
  • El carter sempre truca dues vegades
  • An American Authors' Authority
  • A subtreasury of American humor

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Film & TV

Writing · Annapolis, Maryland, USA

James Mallahan Cain (1892–1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founders of the hardboiled crime genre.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1971-12-21
arrangerarrangeurchanson françaisecomposercompositeurfrench

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
52
Total plays
852

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Quotes

  • We only have two kinds of weather in California, magnificent and unusual.
  • They threw me off the hay truck about noon.
  • I kissed her. Her eyes were shining up at me like two blue stars. It was like being in church.
  • Stealing a man’s wife, that’s nothing, but stealing his car, that’s larceny.
  • Just you and me and the road.
  • He might be asleep, but even asleep he looked like he knew more than most guys awake.

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Key facts

Born
James Mallahan Cain , ( 1892-07-01 ) July 1, 1892, Annapolis, Maryland , U.S.
Died
October 27, 1977 (1977-10-27) (aged 85), University Park, Maryland , U.S.
Occupation
Novelist, journalist
Alma mater
Washington College
Genre
Crime

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

His novels The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Double Indemnity (1936), Serenade (1937), Mildred Pierce (1941) and The Butterfly (1947) brought him critical acclaim and an immense popular readership in America and abroad.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James M. Cain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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