Book review - "Serenade" by James M. Cain

 Full throated melodrama about a really racist American hiding out in Mexico making derogatory statements about the locals who has a relationship with an Indian woman. The guy could've been a killer/gangster, it's written that way, but actually he's an opera singer and he goes back to America with the girl, gets a Hollywood contract (there's lots of talks about contract) and is tempted back to a gay life by a producer who is killed by the woman... Lots of plot, always something happening. It didn't work for me but I can see why it was optioned for the movies (turned into a Mario Lanza film).