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Loading... Double Indemnityby James M. Cain
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Short and to the point, well-written. Interestingly, the ending is different from the movie - darker in fact. The movie also changes the main character's last name from Huff to Neff. Apparently Huff was considered a little silly.... (  ) datrappert | Oct 12, 2009 |  father of noir fiction brone | Aug 18, 2009 | At just 115 pages, James Cain's Double Indemnity is a case study in intensity. Who ever thought an insurance salesman could narrate a tale this taut and harrowing? Contemporary thriller writers could take many lessons from Cain's mastery of dialog, ambiguity and dropping in just the right details. Highly recommended. (  ) mrtall | Jul 27, 2009 | And so my love affair with trashy American mysteries continues...but this one is a classic. (  ) tsjoseph | Apr 23, 2009 | A fun read with snarky writing; a man has an affair and ends up getting involved in murder. ( ) gaialover2 | Feb 26, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0679723226, Paperback)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.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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