Serenade

Serenade

by JamesM.Cain (Author)

Synopsis

'Cain has established a formidable reputation of furious pace, harsh and masterful realism, tough, raw speech right out of the mouths of the people' SATURDAY REVIEW Serenade is the story of the eternal triangle - with a difference. John Howard Sharp is an American opera singer down on his luck, having just bombed in Rigoletto in Mexico City when he first encounters the beautiful Mexican-Indian prostitute called Juana. Miraculously, she offers him the chance to rebuild his career in Hollywood and New York but then Winston Hawes, the young, rich and well-connected conductor who had first launched Sharp, comes back into his life with terrible consequences.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 23 Jun 2011

ISBN 10: 1780220200
ISBN 13: 9781780220208
Book Overview: 'Cain has established a formidable reputation of furious pace, harsh and masterful realism, tough, raw speech right out of the mouths of the people' SATURDAY REVIEW

Media Reviews
the story builds to a stunning and complex climax ... how brilliant that a new generation has the chance to discover this compelling writer. -- Joanna Hines * GUARDIAN *
Author Bio
James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War 1, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920's. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977