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Author Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977.

Title The cocktail waitress / by James M. Cain.

Publication Info. London : Titan Books, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION CAIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC CAIN, J    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  M CAIN, J.    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  M CAIN    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Adult Fiction  F CAIN, JAMES    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  F CAIN    DUE 08-06-15 Billed
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Mysteries  M CAIN JAMES    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  M-CAIN    Check Shelf
Edition First hard case crime edition.
Description 270 pages ; 24 cm.
Series A hard case crime novel ; HCC-109
Hard Case Crime book ; HCC-109.
Summary A rerelease of a classic tale by the New Yorker journalist and author of The Postman Always Rings. Following her husband's death in a suspicious car accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is forced to take a job serving drinks in a cocktail lounge to make ends meet and to have a chance of regaining custody of her young son. At the job she encounters two men who take an interest in her, a handsome young schemer who makes her blood race and a wealthy but unwell older man who rewards her for her attentions with a $50,000 tip and an unconventional offer of marriage.
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Widows -- Fiction.
Cocktail servers -- Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
ISBN 9781781160329 hardback
1781160325 hardback
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