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"I never knew a writer who regarded [writing] as anything but a refined form of crucifixion."James M. Cain Although Cain was formerly dismissed as merely a hardboiled writer, his finest worksThe Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce,andDouble Indemnityarenow considered enduring classics of American literature. In this book Roy Hoopes gives as full a picture of the man and his life as will ever be written. The work was awarded an "Edgar" by the Mystery Writers of America.Cain: The Biography of James M. Cain, 1st was published 1987 under ISBN 9780809313617 and ISBN 0809313618.
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