Three by Cain: Serenade / Love's Lovely Counterfeit / The Butterfly

by James M. Cain

Overview

All three books are written with an enduring view of the dark corners of the American psyche. Cain hammered high art out of the crude matter of betrayal, bloodshed, and perversity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307791795
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/27/2011
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

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. He returned from the war to embark on a literary career that included a professorship at St. John’s College in Annapolis and a stint at The New Yorker as managing editor before he went to Hollywood as a script writer. Cain’s first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, became an instant sensation in 1934. In 1974, James M. Cain was awarded the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Cain published 18 books in all and was working on his autobiography at the time of his death in 1977.