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The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories (Everyman's Library ...
James M. Cain

Everyman's Library, 2003

Welcome to the Inferno
Although Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler are better known today, James M. Cain (1892-1977) is at least their equal--and many consider that he bested both in his finest novels, which combined sin-blacked characters, sordid plots, terse prose, and all the power of ...
  
  











  



  
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s: The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't ...
Horace McCoy, Kenneth Fearing, ...

Library of America, 1997

Thank God for the 1930's and 1940's/
First of all, the Library Of America collection provides the reader with some of the most beautiful hardcover editions available today. That said, the selections chosesn for this edition are all first class; for someone just getting into hard-boiled fiction, this is ...
  
  











  



  
Mildred Pierce
James M. Cain

Vintage, 1989

Mother Courage and her ungrateful daughter
A man tends to his lawn, showers, gets dressed, tells his wife that he's going for a walk. She knows better --- he's going to see his mistress "and then unbutton that red dress she's always wearing without any brassieres under it." But it's not the mistress that annoys ...
  
  











  



  
Double Indemnity
James M. Cain

Vintage, 1989

excellent -- a definite no miss
I can't help it...reading through Cain's novel the voices in my head were those of Barbara Stanwyck, Fred McMurray and Edward G. Robinson. Although this is a small book (128 p.) and a quick read, don't underestimate this little gem. It is perfectly written and packs ...
  
  











  



  
Three by Cain: Serenade, Love's Lovely Counterfeit, The Butterfly
James M. Cain

Vintage, 1989

Serenade
I have only read Serenade out of the three novels in this book, so that is what this review concerns. James M. Cain wrote in the first person, from the criminals perspective. His storytellers are not usually hardened criminals, yet through circumstances commit the ...
  
  











  



  
The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain

Vintage, 1989

An American Classic
The Postman Always rings Twice is an Americal classic--a great book by any standard. Cain's plot for the book is simple enough: an immoral hustler who lives by his wits gets in cahoots with an equally desperate and amibtious woman who is seeking to escape her loveless ...
  
  











  



  
James M. Cain: Three Complete Novels: The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce
James M. Cain

Random House Value Publishing, 1994

Three complete works by a best-selling author encompass themes of suspense, human lust, greed, and self-absorption, and include The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, and Double Indemnity.
  
  











  



  
The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain

Grosset & Dunlap, 1934
  
  











  



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