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THREE COMPLETE NOVELS
James M. Cain
The Postman Always Rings Twice Double indemnity
"A poet of the tabloid murder."
—Edmund Wibon
When it comes to the pure poetry of suspense, nobody delivers like James M. Cain. Lust, murder, and obsessive guilt haunt the pages of his brilliant, lightning-paced novels of the 1930s and '40s. Cain is the quintessential artist of the "roman noir"—the dark crime novel that has given rise to an entire genre of Hollywood movies. Now Cain's most searing masterpieces—The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce— are presented together for the first time.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Cain's first novel shocked and riveted the American public when it appeared in 1934— and it has lost none of its dark erotic power in the intervening years. Frank is a handsome drifter with a violent past. Cora is a sulky beauty who wants out of... Tovább

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THREE COMPLETE NOVELS
James M. Cain
The Postman Always Rings Twice Double indemnity
"A poet of the tabloid murder."
—Edmund Wibon
When it comes to the pure poetry of suspense, nobody delivers like James M. Cain. Lust, murder, and obsessive guilt haunt the pages of his brilliant, lightning-paced novels of the 1930s and '40s. Cain is the quintessential artist of the "roman noir"—the dark crime novel that has given rise to an entire genre of Hollywood movies. Now Cain's most searing masterpieces—The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce— are presented together for the first time.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Cain's first novel shocked and riveted the American public when it appeared in 1934— and it has lost none of its dark erotic power in the intervening years. Frank is a handsome drifter with a violent past. Cora is a sulky beauty who wants out of her bumt-out marriage and dead-end life on the dusty outskirts of Los Angeles. From the instant they meet, Frank and Cora know they must have each other—even if it means murder.
Double Indemnity
It sounded like the perfect crime, and Walter Huff had worked in insurance long enough to know he could pull it off. He and Phyllis would murder her husband, and then the two of them would live happily ever after off the (Continued on back flap)
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proceeds of the insurance policy. That's what Walter thought—until he discovered the sickening truth about the woman he thought he loved.
Mildred Pierce
Blessed with a soft, seductive body and a will of iron, Mildred Pierce decides to get rid of her faithless husband and strike out on her own during the bleak Depression years in California. With her instinct for survival, she succeeds in making money where others fail. But Mildred also wants fame and glamour— not for herself, but for her vicious daughter, Veda—and that one weak desire is enough to destroy her.
James M. Cain has been imitated by writers as varied as Raymond Chandler, Ernest Hemingway, and Albert Camus. His books have been made into award-winning movies. But the novels themselves are unrivaled for their tough-talking style and fierce suspense. In American crime fiction, Cain stands alone as a true original.
Bom in Baltimore in 1892, JAMES M. CAIN worked as a reporter, served in the American Expeditionary Force in World War 1, and wrote scripts for Hollywood movies. His first novel. The Postman Always Rings Twice, became an instant sensation and was followed by seventeen more books. Vissza