James M. Cain (1892-1977) 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. He was ranked with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler as one of the masters of the genre. Three classics of the American screen were made from his novels: Double Indemnity (1936; film 1944), Mildred Pierce (1941; film 1945, TV miniseries 2011), and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934; stage version 1936, films 1946, 1981)." [https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-M-Cain].
Three of a Kind, published in 1944,contains three short novels in one volume: Career in C Major, The Embezzler, and Double Indemnity.
Dust jacket in protective mylar cover; corners clipped; spine chipped at head, heel, and over the author's first name; flaps and spine edges foxed; maroon boards with gilt lettering on spine; edges shelfworn; binding tight; text is printed on thin gray-tinted paper. G-/G-
James M. Cain (1892-1977) 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. He was ranked with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler as one of the masters of the genre. Three classics of the American screen were made from his novels: Double Indemnity (1936; film 1944), Mildred Pierce (1941; film 1945, TV miniseries 2011), and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934; stage version 1936, films 1946, 1981)." [https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-M-Cain].
Three of a Kind, published in 1944,contains three short novels in one volume: Career in C Major, The Embezzler, and Double Indemnity.
Dust jacket in protective mylar cover; corners clipped; spine chipped at head, heel, and over the author's first name; flaps and spine edges foxed; maroon boards with gilt lettering on spine; edges shelfworn; binding tight; text is printed on thin gray-tinted paper. G-/G-
