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The Butterfly is a hard-boiled novel by author James M. Cain published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1947. The story is set in rural West Virginia in the late 1930s and concerns a mystery surrounding an apparent case of father and daughter incest.
James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction.
Cain [a] is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He is the elder brother of Abel , and the firstborn son of Adam and Eve , the first couple within the Bible. [ 1 ] He was a farmer who gave an offering of his crops to God .
Three of a Kind is a collection of three novellas by James M. Cain, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1943. Each originally appeared as serials in magazines during the 1930s. [1] [2] [3] The collection includes Double Indemnity, first published in 1936 as a serial for Liberty magazine; [4] [5] Career in C Major, originally entitled "Two Can Sing" when it appeared in The American Magazine in 1938 ...
Cain is the last novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author José Saramago. The book was first published in 2009. [ 1 ] In an earlier novel, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ , Saramago retold the main events of the life of Jesus Christ , as narrated in the New Testament , presenting God as the villain.
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Deckard Cain is a fictional character who appears in the Diablo video game franchise by Blizzard Entertainment. Within the series, Cain is a prominent non player character who acts as an advisor and guide to the player character of the first three games, and represents the wise old man archetype who provides most of the in-game lore. Cain is ...
The character who supplies Cain with knowledge of death is Lucifer. In Act II, Lucifer leads Cain on a voyage to the "Abyss of Space" and shows him a catastrophic vision of the Earth's natural history, complete with spirits of extinct life forms like the mammoth. Cain returns to Earth in Act III, depressed by this vision of universal death.