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Serenade

James M. Cain

2005173 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2005
first published
  • 1946World Publishing Company · 314 pages · ENG
  • 1950New American Library · 188 pages · ENG
  • 1978Vintage Books · 183 pages · ENGISBN 9780394725857
  • 1981Pan · 173 pages · ENGISBN 9780330263412
  • 1982Severn House Publishers, Limited · ENGISBN 9780727807908
  • 2010Orion Publishing Group, Limited · ENGISBN 9781409132400
  • 2011Phoenix · ENGISBN 9781780220208
  • 2005Orion · 224 pagesISBN 9780752861753

**From Goodreads:** John Sharp had just flopped in Rigoletto, down in Mexico, when he first saw Juana. Somehow, the beautiful Mexican-Indian prostitute offered him a way back, a chance to rebuild his career in New York and Hollywood. But then, like the snake in the garden, Winston Hawes, the prodigiously accomplished conductor, came back in to Sharp's life and an eternal, and lethal, triangle was formed.

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AtmosphereTense

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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ThemesLove
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