Japanese work by James M. Cain, "Career in C Major." Price: ¥2,970 → ¥2,399 - Title: #Career in C Major - Author: James M. #Cain - ISBN: 9784892571657 - Publisher: #Bunyusha - Language: Japanese This is the novel "Career in C Major" by James M. Cain, translated by Yoshinobu Tamura, published by Bunyusha. Set in New York during the Great Depression, it depicts the desires and love-hate relationships of a man who begins his life as an opera singer. It is considered a unique work, different in tone from the author Cain's "The Postman Always Rings Twice." This work is the first translation into Japanese. Leonard, a construction worker, can't find work in Depression-era New York. He is at the mercy of his beautiful and selfish wife, Doris, who comes from the upper class. While helping Doris, who aspires to be an opera singer, Leonard's own talent as a singer is unexpectedly discovered. Cecil, a popular singer who discovers his hidden talent, loves Leonard, and Leonard, guided by Cecil, begins his path as a baritone singer and gains a reputation, but... This long-awaited first Japanese translation is a novel by the author of the best-selling masterpiece "The Postman Always Rings Twice," which has been made into two films. Set to the backdrop of numerous operas such as "La Bohème" and "Rigoletto," this is a unique adventure story where desires and love-hate relationships swirl within a lighthearted writing style. "From his debut work to his last, Cain consistently wrote stories of humans being tossed around by femme fatales. And in 'Career in C Major,' the same structure evokes laughter. But I don't think Cain wrote a self-parody in this work. Cain knew that the very concept of 'stories of humans being tossed around by femme fatales' inherently contains comedy." (Osamu Fujitani, commentary in this book)