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Cain, virtuoso of the roman noir, gives us a tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful story in double indemnity, an xray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. Walter huff was an insurance salesman with an unfailing instinct for clients who might be in trouble, and his instinct led him to phyllis nirdlinger. Cains first novel, published relatively late in life for a writer, when he was in his forties. The complete crime stories kindle edition by james m. Cain was a firstrate writer of american hardboiled crime fiction. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 116 pages and is available in hardcover format. Walter huff was an insurance salesman with an unfailing instinct for clients who might be in trouble, and his instinct led. Cain died of a heart attack on october 27, 1977, in university park, maryland. Cain was awarded the grand master award by the mystery writers of america. Double indemnity is an influential 1943 crime novel, written by american journalistturnednovelist james m. The first edition of the novel was published in 1936, and was written by james m. Ap photoassociated press cain mentioned the book in a 1975 interview with biographer roy hoopes, which was published in the. Pdf desire, transgression and james m cain frank krutnik.
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