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James Mallahan Cain. James Mallahan Cain (* 1. Juli 1892 in Annapolis, Maryland; † 27. Oktober 1977 in University Park, Maryland) war ein amerikanischer Journalist und Schriftsteller, insbesondere von Kriminalromanen.
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 .
Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt (Originaltitel: The Postman Always Rings Twice) ist ein US-amerikanischer Kriminalroman von James M. Cain aus dem Jahre 1934. Die erste deutsche Übersetzung von Hilde Spiel und Peter de Mendelssohn erschien 1950 unter dem Titel Die Rechnung ohne den Wirt im Rowohlt Verlag, Hamburg.
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by American writer James M. Cain. The novel was successful and notorious upon publication. It is considered one of the most outstanding crime novels of the 20th century. The novel's mix of sexuality and violence was startling in its time and caused it to be
- Grosset, Dunlap, James M. Cain, Lana Turner, John Garfield
- 1934
James Mallahan Cain wurde am 1. Juli 1892 in Annapolis, Maryland geboren und wuchs in Chestertown, Maryland auf. Nach seinem Studium am Washington College, wo sein Vater Präsident war, plante er Sänger zu werden. Dann jedoch begann der 1. Weltkrieg, den Cain als Soldat in Frankreich erlebte.
James M. Cain (born July 1, 1892, Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.—died October 27, 1977, University Park, Maryland) 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.
Mildred Pierce is a psychological drama by James M. Cain published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1941. [1] A story of “social inequity and opportunity in America" set during the Great Depression, Mildred Pierce follows the trajectory of a lower-middle class divorcee with two children in her tragic struggle to achieve financial and personal success. [2] .
