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He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction. [1] [2] 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. [3]
Jun 27, 2024 · 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.
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 has 144 books on Goodreads with 198461 ratings. James M. Cain’s most popular book is The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Complete order of James M. Cain books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
James M. Cain, the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce, talks about his life, career, and writing style in this 1977 interview. He reveals his early ambition to be a singer, his encounters with H. L. Mencken and Arthur Krock, and his views on crime and morality.
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.
