![]() ![]() That combination is a volatile one, and that's what makes Cain. And you have considerable sexual tension. Even though it's not set during the Depression, it has that feeling of someone who’s on the edge of disaster. Q: What is "The Cocktail Waitress" about?Ī: It's a first-person novel, a story of a woman in desperate straits who has a child to raise. They're not just things to be protected or prizes to be won. ![]() Was that unusual among his peers?Ī: He's unique among the noir greats, who also included Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, in that he has the greatest interest in and sympathy for his female characters. Q: Cain has this remarkable ability to create female characters of great depth. Ardai talked to me this week about the preeminent role of women in Cain novels, the challenges of editing the noir master's work and why the words "skateboard" and "Muzak" will likely end up on the cutting room floor. Charles Ardai, the founder and editor of the publishing house, discovered the novel, "The Cocktail Waitress," in the papers of Cain's agent. ![]()
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