Albert Camus acknowledged
Albert Camus acknowledged it as his model for The Stranger.  In this novel, banned in Boston after its 1934 publication, Frank Chambers, a drifter, stops in a roadside restaurant in California and is instantly attracted to [*] Cora, the Greek owner's much younger wife. They become lovers, and she soon convinces him to help murder her husband. For 10 points—name this first novel by James Cain.
Albert Camus acknowledged it as his model for The Stranger.  
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