MILDRED PIERCE—James M. Cam—Knopf ($2.50). James Mallahan Cain’s first novel (The Postman Always Rings Twice) was a tawdry, expert shocker. His second (Serenade) was a highly spiced account of singing ...
SERENADE — James M. Cain — Knopf ($2.50). In The Postman Always Rings Twice James Mallahan Cain wrote a brief, brisk best-seller in which philosophic overtones could be dimly heard above the rattling ...
James Mallahan Cain (1892–1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founders of the hardboiled crime genre.