JAMES M. CAIN wurde 1892 in Annapolis, Maryland, geboren und gelangte mit seinen beiden berühmtesten Romanen, ›Mildred Pierce‹ und ›Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt‹ zu Weltruhm. Zuvor schrieb er für große Zeitungen, war Leitartikler für New York World und Professor für Journalistik, bis er von dem Kritiker und Sprachforscher H. J. Mencken zu literarischer Arbeit angeregt wurde. Autoren wie Thomas Mann, Albert Camus und Tom Wolfe zählen zu seinen Verehrern. Cain starb im Jahr 1977.
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James M. Cain: Mildred Pierce
Die Geschichte einer Frau, die ihren Weg macht – gegen alle Widerstände und die bittersten Intrigen der Menschen, die sie am meisten liebt. Kalifornien, während der großen Depression. Mildred Pierce, …
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James M. Cain: Der Postbote klingelt immer zweimal
Frank Chambers ist ein Rumtreiber, und er ist abgebrannt. Eines Tages landet er vor einem Diner irgendwo im kalifornischen Nichts, betrieben vom Griechen Papadakis und seiner schönen jungen Frau Cora …
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James M. Cain: Postman Always Rings Twice
‘One of the great crime novels of all time’ Tony Parsons, Express’Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler’ Tom Wolfe’It is no accident that …
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James M. Cain: Double Indemnity
A true crime masterpiece, and highly acclaimed 1940s movie’DOUBLE INDEMNITY is among the finest of all American novels, regardless of genre or style’ LA TIMES’Cain is the master’ Tom Wolfe DOUBLE IND …
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James M. Cain: Mildred Pierce
‘Cain was not just a great hard-boiled novelist but a great novelist, period … To read MILDRED PIERCE now is to experience a double vision, in which we confront both how much and how little things …
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James M. Cain: Serenade
‘Cain has established a formidable reputation of furious pace, harsh and masterful realism, tough, raw speech right out of the mouths of the people’ SATURDAY REVIEWSerenade is the story of the eterna …
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James M. Cain: Galatea
Out of jail and back at work, a boxing trainer finds a woman worth fighting for It took some doing, but Duke Webster is out of prison. Val Valenty arranged the parole, and now the onetime boxing coac …
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James M. Cain: Rainbow’s End
A hijacker and his hostage escape to a very strange, very dangerous farm Since his father died, every Saturday night has been the same for Dave and his mother. She starts by talkingaimless, weird fan …
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James M. Cain: Cloud Nine
One man sells his soul to save an innocent—who turns out not to be so innocent after all Graham meets Sonya outside of his real estate office. She is sixteen, beautiful, and showing just the ri …
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James M. Cain: Enchanted Isle
While searching for her father, a runaway stumbles into a deadly mess At thirteen, Mandy was too old for spanking when her stepfather first took her over his knee. She’s didn’t mind the pain, but hat …
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James M. Cain: Institute
An academic looking for money finds a woman and trouble instead Professor Lloyd Palmer loves a good biography. His fantasy is to start an institute to teach young scholars the biographical arts, and …
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James M. Cain: Jealous Woman
A salesman, a would-be divorcee, and an insurance policy turn toxic in Reno Vegas is a city of lovers, but in Reno, the business is divorce. Six weeks in Reno can erase the darkest marriages, and the …
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James M. Cain: Magician’s Wife
For the love of a beautiful waitress, a meat salesman will turn butcher Clay Lockwood enters the Portico with corned beef on his mind. He’s a top distributing executive with Grant’s Meats …
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James M. Cain: Mignon
A Union army invalid meets a comely Louisiana rebel and never looks back The Union has captured New Orleans, and Bill Cresap has come to reap the profits. A school friend has a line on some easy mone …
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James M. Cain: Moth
A novel of a privileged young man’s twisting, troubled journey through Depression-era America, by the author of Mildred Pierce. From birth, Jack Dillon is a golden child. Blessed with blond loc …
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James M. Cain: Root of His Evil
While slinging hash in a diner, a would-be Cinderella meets her Prince Charming Carrie Selden is not at all like the woman you’ve read about in the papers. Though she was raised in an orphanage …
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James M. Cain: Sinful Woman
A starlet comes to Reno to start a new lifeand end her old one forever Sylvia Shoreham’s Hollywood dreams came true long ago. Critically beloved for her beauty, talent, and style, she was on her way …
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James M. Cain: Past All Dishonor
A Confederate spy risks his life to win the heart of a fallen woman Early in the Civil War, the Confederacy sends Roger Duval to Sacramento, to keep an eye on the situation in California in hopes of …
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James M. Cain: Baby in the Icebox
A collection of stories, both early and late, that show how Mystery Writers of America Grand Master James M. Cain made his name There is a hungry tiger loose in the house, and that is not good news f …
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James M. Cain: Career in C Major
From a famous tough-guy writer, a collection of shockingly funny stories Ever since she got married, Doris has regretted giving up her singing career. After years of domestic drudgery, she decides to …
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James M. Cain: Bad Woman
A Bad Woman (originally titled Sinful Woman) is James M. Cain’s little gem of a hard-boiled novel, set in the post-War 1940s of Reno, Nevada. Film star Sylvia Shoreham is wowing the dusty gambling to …
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James M. Cain: Complete Crime Stories
Seventeen hardboiled crime stories from the “poet of the tabloid murder” and author of Double Indemnity (Edmund Wilson). They call him Lucky—but he has never had a lucky day in his …
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James M. Cain: Complete Crime Stories
Seventeen hardboiled crime stories from the “poet of the tabloid murder” and author of Double Indemnity (Edmund Wilson). They call him Lucky—but he has never had a lucky day in his …
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James M Cain: The Cocktail Waitress
Following her husband’s death in a suspicious car accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is forced to take a job serving drinks in a cocktail lounge to make ends meet and to have a chance of re …
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Leigh Brackett & James M. Cain: Los Angeles Noir 2
“This entry, with its high-quality stories from such genre masters as Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain, outshines the typical all-original anthology.”—Publishers Weekly In …
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James M. Cain: Mildred Pierce
Ante la adversidad, Mildred Pierce no es de las que se queda de brazos cruzados. Por eso no duda en pedirle a su marido que haga las maletas y se marche de casa cuando siente que su matrimonio se ha …
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James M. Cain: El cartero siempre llama dos veces
Al llegar a un deprimente restaurante de carretera, Frank Chambers descubre que allí vive Cora. Él nunca hubiera imaginado que existían mujeres a las que se podía desear tan desesperadamente. La inte …
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James M. Cain: Cloud Nine
A twisted tale of heinous crimes and hidden motives by the legendary author of Double Indemnity.Graham meets Sonya outside of his real estate office. She is sixteen, beautiful, and drops a bombshell- …
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James M. Cain: Galatea
A down-on-his-luck boxing trainer finds a woman worth fighting for in this "assured" novel by an MWA Grand Master Award winner (Kirkus Reviews).It took some doing, but Duke Webster is out o …
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James M. Cain: Institute
An academic looking for money finds a seductive woman-and trouble-in this suspenseful tale by the Edgar Award-winning crime writer.Professor Lloyd Palmer loves a good biography. His fantasy is to sta …
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James M. Cain: Magician’s Wife
For the love of a beautiful waitress, a meat salesman will turn butcher in this crime thriller by "one of the greats of American noir" (The Guardian).Clay Lockwood. is a top distributing ex …
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James M. Cain: Mignon
A money-hungry ex-soldier in Civil War New Orleans is seduced into a web of treason and temptation in this novel by "one of the greats of American noir" (The Guardian).The Union has capture …
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James M. Cain: Moth
A novel of a privileged young man’s twisting, troubled journey through Depression-era America: "A great book by a great author." -Los Angeles Daily News Jack Dillon has been a golden child …
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James M. Cain: Past All Dishonor
A naive young man follows a fallen woman to a Nevada mining town and risks his life to win her: "Entertaining . . . Cain [has a] flair for realistic detail." -The New York Times Early in th …
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James M. Cain: Root of his Evil
From the author of Double Indemnity, a tale of an ambitious young waitress whose fairy-tale romance may have an unhappy ending . . . Carrie Selden is not at all like the woman you’ve read about in th …
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James M. Cain: Sinful Woman
In this novel by "one of the greats of American noir, " a starlet comes to Reno to start a new life-and end her old one forever (The Guardian).Sylvia Shoreham’s Hollywood dreams came true l …
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James M. Cain: Embezzler
A bank employee’s wife teams up with his boss-with fatal results-in this noir novella by the legendary author of The Postman Always Rings Twice.Despite an ulcer that requires surgery, workaholic Char …
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James M. Cain: American Noir Classics
A collection of hardboiled crime fiction from the author of Double Indemnity, "one of the greats of American noir" (The Guardian). They call him Lucky-but he’s never had a lucky day in his …
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James M. Cain: Enchanted Isle
While searching for her real father, a runaway stumbles into a deadly mess in this gritty noir novel by the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice.With just seventy-four bucks in her pocket, Mandy …
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James M. Cain: Jealous Woman
An ambitious Reno salesman. A wealthy would-be divorcee. An insurance policy. It’s a toxic combination in this noir thriller by an MWA Grand Master . . . If Las Vegas is a city of lovers, in Reno, th …
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James M. Cain: Rainbow’s End
"Vintage Cain . . . it’s all here-the big money, the unusual circumstances, the spare, tight style, and the staccato dialogue." -The Miami Herald Since his father died, every Saturday night …
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