Mildred Pierce by James M Cain
'Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe
Vivid, gritty, real..this is crime writing at its very best * MY WEEKLY *
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 that movies based on three (of Cain's novels) helped to define the genre known as film noir * NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS *
After Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler Cain is the writer most often credited with defining the "hard-boiled", the tough-talking, fast-moving urban stories of violence, sex and money that characterised so much popular film and fiction in America during the 1930s and 40s * GUARDIAN *
Cain was not just a great hard-boiled novelist but a great novelist, period ... To read MILDRED PIERCE now is to experience a double vision, in which we confront both how much and how little things have changed. * LA TIMES *
Vivid, gritty, real...this is crime writing at its very best * MY WEEKLY *
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 that movies based on three (of Cain's novels) helped to define the genre known as film noir * NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS *
After Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler Cain is the writer most often credited with defining the "hard-boiled", the tough-talking, fast-moving urban stories of violence, sex and money that characterised so much popular film and fiction in America during the 1930s and 40s * GUARDIAN *
Cain was not just a great hard-boiled novelist but a great novelist, period ... To read MILDRED PIERCE now is to experience a double vision, in which we confront both how much and how little things have changed. * LA TIMES *
Vivid, gritty, real...this is crime writing at its very best * MY WEEKLY *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780752882789 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752882783 |
| Title | Mildred Pierce |
| Author | James M Cain |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2008-02-21 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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