Cain: The Biography of James M. Cain [signed]

I never knew a writer who regarded [writing] as anything but a refined form of crucifixion.â James M. Cain Although Cain was formerly dismissed as merely a hardboiled writer, his finest works The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, and Double Indemnity are now 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 Edgarâ by the Mystery Writers of America.Â