The Paul Cain Omnibus: Every Crime Story and the Novel Fast One as Originally Published (Black Mask (11)) - Softcover

Cain, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1480456896 ISBN 13: 9781480456891

Publisher: Mysterious Press, 2013

Synopsis

Fifteen stories and one novel—hard-boiled classics by an undisputed master
Following gangsters, blackmailers, and gunmen through the underbelly of 1930s America on their journeys to do dark deeds, Paul Cain’s stories are classics of his genre. The protagonists of ambiguous morality who populate Cain’s work are portrayed with a cinematic flair for the grim hardness of their world. Fast One, Cain’s only novel, was originally serialized in Black Mask in the 1930s. It introduces us to Gerry Kells, a hard-nosed criminal who still holds fast to his humanity in a Los Angeles that’s crooked to the core.
This collection presents Cain’s classic crime writing to a contemporary audience.

About this title

Book Description

This omnibus features the complete short fiction—many stories brought to trade paperback form for the first time—written by Paul Cain for Black Mask and other pulps.

About the Author

Paul Cain was the pen name of George Caryl Sims (1902–1966), a pulp fiction author and screenwriter. His sole novel, Fast One (1932), is considered a landmark of the hard-boiled style.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1480456896
• ISBN 13: 9781480456891
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Deutsch Keith Alan