James M. Cain

The Cocktail Waitress (The Lost Final Novel)

London: Hard Case Crime/ Titan, 2012. First edition. Hardback. As new in dust jacket. Hardcover. 270 pp. including an afterword by Charles Ardai. Noir master James M. Cain's final, unpublished novel, the tale of Joan Medford, forced to take a job as a waitress after her first husband's suicide (?) and the two men who would change her life forever. "A classic Cain triangle--brutal and sexual and stark--that can only end in death." At his death, Cain left both complete manuscripts as well as several larger or smaller revisions and reimaginings, here brought together by the editor. As New / as new. Item #E20187
ISBN: 9781781160329

Price: $17.95