The Complete Crime Stories, by James M. Cain
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The Complete Crime Stories, by James M. Cain
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Seventeen gripping tales from one of the toughest authors in the history of crime fiction They call him Lucky—but he has never had a lucky day in his life. A nineteen-year-old hobo just starting to ride the rails, he is hiding in the coal car when the railroad detective comes through. They get into a scuffle, and Lucky’s hand finds a railroad spike. Before he knows it, he has smashed the investigator’s head and shoved him out of the car. If he hurries, if he’s lucky, he will get back to Los Angeles in time to establish an alibi, burn his clothes, and avoid the electric chair. But as Lucky will discover, the deadliest threat is lurking within his own mind. “Dead Man” is just one of the outstanding stories included in this volume. The author of some of the most hard-boiled prose ever written, James M. Cain understood fear in all its forms—and knew better than anyone the terror of a killer on the run.
The Complete Crime Stories, by James M. Cain- Amazon Sales Rank: #484764 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-26
- Released on: 2015-05-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.90" h x .90" w x 5.20" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 422 pages
Review “Nobody else has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler. Cain is a master of the change of pace.” —Tom Wolfe “A poet of the tabloid murder.” —Edmund Wilson “No one has ever stopped reading in the middle of one of Jim Cain’s books.” —The Saturday Review of Literature
About the Author James M. Cain (1892–1977) was one of the most important authors in the history of crime fiction. Born in Maryland, he became a journalist after giving up on a childhood dream of singing opera. After two decades writing for newspapers in Baltimore, New York, and the army—and a brief stint as the managing editor of the New Yorker—Cain moved to Hollywood in the early 1930s. While writing for the movies, he turned to fiction, penning the novella The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934). This tightly wound tale of passion, murder, and greed became one of the most controversial bestsellers of its day, and remains one of the foremost examples of American noir writing. It set the tone for Cain’s next few novels, including Serenade (1937), Mildred Pierce (1941), Double Indemnity (1943), and The Butterfly (1947). Several of his books became equally successful noir films, particularly the classic 1940s adaptations of Mildred Pierce and Double Indemnity. Cain moved back to Maryland in 1948. Though he wrote prolifically until his death, Cain remains most famous for his early work.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Good stories, but I wish the publisher had tried a little harder By Aaron C. Brown I'm not sure of the strategy of the publisher in reprinting James M. Cain's shorter fiction. This book overlaps about 50% with The Baby in the Icebox Collection it came out with less than two years ago; and it reprinted the longest story in this one ("Career in C Major") in another book that same year. There are no story notes, and the introduction is reprinted from a 10-year-old article; it's short and not specific to the stories. This is certainly not "Complete" anything, and the stories less about crime than average Cain stories. Even the dates the stories were written, which matters for interpreting events (was there a war on? or a Depression? did people send telegrams or use long-distance telephone?; the dates range from 1929 to 1963 and a lot happened in those 35 years) are only available in the fine print copyright notices in the back of the book, and the date of first copyright doesn't always correspond to date of first publication (one says 1858, I assume it's a typo for 1958).As best I can tell, this is a random collection of James M. Cain short fiction, brought to market with minimal effort and thought by the publisher. I prefer the earlier The Baby in the Icebox collection as it ferreted out some of the more obscure stories and has more historical resonance. On the other hand, this collection has better stories. So if your interest is in early 20th century American culture, or in the range of Cain as a writer, start with The Baby in the Icebox; but if you just like to read good hard-boiled short fiction, this one is better.All of Cain's work, even the darkest, has a strong humorous undercurrent, and that aspect shows to advantage in this collection. Some of the stories actually try to be funny. It's not successful as comedy, none are likely to make you laugh. But it does provide an offbeat dramatic energy, and it distinguishes Cain from writers who took themselves more seriously. When Cain tries a tearjerker, Mommy's a Barfly, the humor is most obvious (as was the case in Mildred Pierce, his most famous tearjerker, which is not included in this book).The stories range from fair to very good. Only the ones based on crude ethnic and class stereotyping seem dated, humor has a longer shelf life than social commentary. There are no great stories, but Cain's unequaled talent for stripping out everything but essential plot and dialog, and his laser focus on human obsession, elevate this far beyond the ordinary. In this collection you see him apply this style to the drawing room in light social comedies and mild romances, where it works as well--or perhaps better--than in the morgue or police line-up.I recommend this to Cain fans, of course, unless they've already read all the stories. But I think most readers who enjoy short stories will appreciate it as well. If you're looking for crime fiction, however, this book will likely disappoint.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Sloppy Editing Nearly Ruins These Stories By Amazon Customer The stories here are solid Cain work: taut, energetic, and compelling. But DON'T BUY THIS BOOK. The editing and assembly of this collection was obviously sloppy and hasty. Nearly every page has errors — and not just insignificant typos or misspellings, but repeated blocks of text, seemingly missing words, and pronouns without clear antecedents. I don't blame it on Cain. This is a very disappointing collection of good work, which is severely damaged by the shoddy work of its editors.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not just crime stories (4.5 stars) By TChris Cain wrote in an era when real men slapped women around because that’s what real men did. Of course, it was also an era in which women slapped men who insulted them and who, motivated by profit or jealousy, murdered men while pretending to be their victims. And an era in which middle-aged men proposed to sixteen-year-old girls after being acquainted with them for five minutes -- to be followed, presumably, by a lifetime of slapping each other. At least that’s the world that Cain portrayed in these stories.Most of the stories are relatively short but one of my favorites is relatively long. “Career in C-Major” deals with a “roughneck” contractor in the depression era and the woes he experiences after marrying a socialite who blames him for ruining her chance to become an opera singer. With the help of another singer, the husband devises a scheme to put his cold-hearted wife in her place. It’s an unusual love story about a man who falls in love -- with himself (or, at least, with his own voice) and with a woman whose identity comes as a surprise. “Career in C-Major” is the most substantial and most interesting story in the volume, but it doesn’t have a thing to do with crime.Several other entries in this collection of crime stories are not crime stories, which might disappoint readers who want the book to live up to its title. They are nevertheless excellent stories. “Coal Black” is about a miner and a sixteen-year-old girl who get lost in a mine that the miner believes to be haunted (a superstition compounded by the bad luck of finding a female in a mine). Another story of two people thrown together in a dangerous environment, “The Girl in the Storm,” goes in a completely different direction.“The Birthday Party” is an amusing story about an insecure, boastful boy who is embarrassed by his attempt to deceive a girl. “Mommy’s a Barfly,” one of the best titles in the history of short stories, is about a soldier, his wife, their little girl, and an eventful evening in a bar. “The Taking of Montfaucon” is a war story about a soldier who might have been awarded a medal if he hadn’t gotten lost.The most compelling crime story (and my other favorite in the collection) is “The Money and the Woman.” A bank officer wonders if he’s been played for a sucker by a teller’s wife, but as the story unfolded, I kept changing my mind about whether the woman was an innocent victim or a con artist. The ending carries a nice surprise and the entire story builds suspense and intrigue.Most of the other crime stories are also quite good. Without quite forming the intent to do so, a hobo named Lucky kills a railroad detective, then obsesses about all the ways in which he might get caught. “Dead Man” tells how Lucky deals with his sense of guilt. “Brush Fire” tells of a man who saves another man’s life, and then wishes he hadn’t.Written in the style of a semi-literate narrator and steeped in the vernacular of its time, “The Baby in the Icebox” is a story of ironic justice involving a man who has no luck taming tigers, including his wife. A semi-literate narrator surfaces again in “Pastorale,” the story of a man who feels the need to confess his crime.A miscommunication caused by a failure to distinguish one accent from another subjects a man to a hotel scam in “Two O’Clock Blonde.” A prison break and the chance to start a new life lead to an ironic ending in “Joy Ride to Glory.” A “Cigarette Girl” needs help with a gambling issue, and of course the guitar player who helps her immediately decides to marry her.The collection includes three stories that fall below the standard set by the others. “Pay-Off Girl” is an uninspired story about rescuing a woman in trouble and giving her a better life. “The Robbery” is a nothing story about a man who confronts a neighbor he suspects of burglarizing his apartment. Set in Mexico, “Death on the Beach” is sort of a tragic (but not entirely believable) love story that revolves around a little boy who swims too far from shore.On the whole, this is a strong collection, even if they aren’t all crime stories. I would give the collection 4 1/2 stars if I could.
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