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Serenade James M. Cain

Serenade By James M. Cain

Serenade by James M. Cain


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'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

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Serenade by James M. Cain

'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

Serenade is the story of the eternal triangle - with a difference. John Howard Sharp is an American opera singer down on his luck, having just bombed in Rigoletto in Mexico City when he first encounters the beautiful Mexican-Indian prostitute called Juana. Miraculously, she offers him the chance to rebuild his career in Hollywood and New York but then Winston Hawes, the young, rich and well-connected conductor who had first launched Sharp, comes back into his life with terrible consequences.

Serenade Reviews

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 *

About James M. Cain

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.

Additional information

NGR9781780220208
9781780220208
1780220200
Serenade by James M. Cain
New
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
2011-06-23
224
N/A
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