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Three of a kind by CAIN, JAMES M (MALLAHAN) (1892-1977)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf,. 1944. Hard Cover. 327 pages, cloth, dust jacet, lacks front blank endpaper else very good. Signature on front blank endpaper of Joyce Curtis, sister to former Maine governor Kenneth Curtis. CONTENTS: Career in C major--The embezzler--Double indemnity. From the AND Reference Database: "James M(allahan) Cain, (1892-1977) writer and screenwriter, born in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. He trained as a singer and worked as a teacher and journalist before achieving fame in the 1930s and 1940s as a Hollywood screenwriter and novelist. His novels, many adapted into popular films, treated criminals, sex, and money with a lean, tough realism; they included The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Double Indemnity (1936), Mildred Pierce (1941), and The Institute (1976)." .
- Bookseller: Military History Bookshop
 (US)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 6585
- Format/binding: Hard Cover
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1944
- Keywords: JAMES, CAIN, UNITED, STATES, NOVELS, FICTION
- Subjects:
FICTION / General;
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