James M. Cain
Subtitle: hard-boiled mythmaker
By: David Madden, Kristopher Mecholsky
Contributors: Mecholsky, Kristopher, 1932-
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780810881181; 9780810881198
Subjects: American Novelists; Journalists; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The twenty-minute egg of the hard-boiled school; title: The mark of Cain: the loveRack and the wishComeTrue; title: The American character in shadow; title: Cain and the 'pure' novel; title: Cain at the movies; title: Impact of Cain and the tough guys.