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Love's Lovely Counterfeit is a hard-boiled short novel by James M. Cain published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1942. The story is set in a Midwestern town where rival gangsters struggle to maintain control of their criminal enterprises.
Jan 19, 2022 · James Cagney stars as Ben Grace, a gangster torn between his love for June Lyons, a reform politician's campaign manager, and his desire for money and power. In Act I, he sets up the arrest of racketeer Sol Caspar, ensuring that June's candidate is elected mayor.
Nov 5, 2011 · After informing the authorities that he has destroyed the machines, he then cosmetically modifies them and makes the “payoffs” from the machines legal: certificates are now awarded instead of money to the winners; the mob now rakes in even more money than they did with the illegal machines.
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- James M. Cain
Mar 22, 2012 · It is the story of a chiseler, Ben Grace, who starts out as chauffeur to a mobster and ends up deed. Between times, he rats on his boss, sets up a reform Mayor, appropriates money takes of the town (pinball, horses, etc.) and falls in love for the first time, with the klepto kid of his partner, June, who loves him in her way.
- Kirkus Reviews
Love's Lovely Counterfeit is an expert thriller told by the most literate U.S. pulp writer. Incidentally, it reduces Author Cain's erstwhile social significance to trimmings as dutiful as the cherry in an Old-Fashioned cocktail."
- James M. Cain
- Love's Lovely Counterfeit
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- 1942
Oct 12, 1979 · Love's Lovely Counterfeit. Paperback – October 12, 1979. Ben Grace, a member of the organized crime gang that controls Lake City, leaks evidence implicating the leader in murder and tax evasion, leading to a violent struggle to maintain control of the city in face of a reforming mayoral candidate.
- James M. Cain
Buy Love's Lovely Counterfeit paperback / softback by Cain, James Mallahan (ISBN: 9780394742137) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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