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The Writer's Almanac for Friday, July 1, 2005
It's the birthday of novelist James M. Cain, born in
Annapolis, Maryland
(1892). He was 40 years old-in the middle of the Great
Depression-trying to support his wife and children as a
reporter, when he read a newspaper article about a woman
who'd murdered her husband so she could take over his gas
station. He was fascinated by the idea that someone so
ordinary could be so ruthless, and it gave him the idea for
his first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934). It
was a big best-seller, followed by Mildred Pierce and Double
Indemnity.
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