La ragazza dei cocktail
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788876383915 (8876383913)
Publish date: February 14th 2013
Publisher: Isbn Edizioni
Pages no: 256
Edition language: Italian
Apparently, this is a "lost novel" by Cain, which was only unearthed, edited, and published some 35 years after his death. I'd read some Cain previously, and very much loved Mildred Pierce. While, The Postman Always Rings Twice was ok, it wasn't all that special. I've yet to find Double Indemnity on...
I know James M. Cain from old movies adapted from his novels, not the books themselves, so as I was reading The Cocktail Waitress I saw the action playing out in shadowy black and white scenes, a fitting way to experience this dark but seductive story. Told in the first person, Joan Medford is a you...
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