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Three by Cain: Serenade/Love's Lovely Counterfeit/The Butterfly

by James M. Cain · 1989

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All three books are written with an enduring view of the dark corners of the American psyche. Cain hammered high art out of the crude matter of betrayal, bloodshed, and perversity.

Genre
mysterynoircrimedetective
Setting
1980s
Audience
adult
Length
long · 464 pages

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