false 56616 14 When smalltime insurance salesman Walter Huff meets seductive Phyllis Nirdlinger, the wife of one of his wealthy clients, it takes him only minutes to determine that she wants to get rid of her husband--and not much longer to decide to help her do it. Walter knows that accident insurance pays double indemnity on railroad mishaps, so he and Phyllis plot frantically to get Nirdlinger on--and off--a train without arousing the suspicions of the police, the insurance company, Nirdlinger's dishy daughter, her mysterious boyfriend, or Nirdlinger himself. This brief but complex novel is a perfect example of the ordinary-guy-gone-disastrously-wrong story that Cain always pulls off brilliantly. 1298177 1936 Double Indemnity total:703|5:211|4:323|3:154|2:14|1:1| 703 2838 934 79 3 1 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 06:45:14 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 04:11:44 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 21:39:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 23:24:06 -0700 2008
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Now, I know Cain is the progenitor of this genre, but he lacks the stylistic mastery of his contemporaries. He's got all the elements: a fantastic (in the li...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 16:17:15 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 16:21:12 -0800 2008 2 raymond chandler can reach at his very best and the sparseness james cain shoots for (and hits) here. the dialogue, which I've heard some people don't like, may be the high point for me -- the guys and the dames stumble over their words and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Wed Dec 03 20:55:54 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 21:00:21 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:45:40 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:51:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 13:55:35 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 13:56:46 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 19:27:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 19:33:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Fri Aug 22 16:02:22 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 17:26:51 -0700 2008
I was re-reading Jerry Wexler's autobiography (he was a famous hit producer at Atlantic Records). He was remarking about James M. Ca...more...]]>