Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War 1, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920's. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977.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 REVIEW
It is no accident that movies based on three [of Cain's novels] helped to define the genre known as film noir
NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS
the story builds to a stunning and complex climax ... how brilliant that a new generation has the chance to discover this compelling writer.
- Joanna Hines, GUARDIAN