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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part40.utf8:86852373:1607
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01607cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2012464040
003 DLC
005 20130314112635.0
008 130123s2012 enk 000 1 eng d
010 $a 2012464040
016 7 $a016095337$2Uk
020 $a9781781160329 (hbk.)
020 $a1781160325 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn785873779
040 $aBTCTA$beng$cBTCTA$dBDX$dUKMGB$dFN4$dFLWMD$dBUL$dIG$$dVP@$dYDXCP$dCOO$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aPS3505.A3113$bC63 2012
082 04 $a813/.54$223
100 1 $aCain, James M.$q(James Mallahan),$d1892-1977.
245 14 $aThe cocktail waitress /$cby James M. Cain.
250 $a1st hard case crime ed.
260 $aLondon :$bTitan Books,$c2012.
300 $a270 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aA hard case crime novel ;$vHCC-109
520 $aA 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.
650 0 $aWidows$vFiction.
650 0 $aCocktail servers$vFiction.
650 0 $aTriangles (Interpersonal relations)$vFiction.
655 7 $aMystery fiction.$2gsafd
830 0 $aHard case crime book ;$vHCC-109.