by James M. Cain · RBA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498674439
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«Ligeramente escarlata» is the crime novel by James M. Cain, published by RBA in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
In Baby City, gangster Solly Caspar has the mayor and the police chief on his payroll. In the middle of an election campaign, the murder of a local newspaper editor and the pressure of a reformist candidate trigger a struggle for control of the city, portraying the infiltration of organized crime into public life.
Volume 11 of RBA's Serie Negra collection, with a translation by Jesús de la Torre. The novel was originally published in 1942 as Love's Lovely Counterfeit.
For those seeking classic crime fiction with a backdrop of political corruption and organized crime.
James Mallahan Cain was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction.
