{"product_id":"double-indemnity-paperback","title":"Double Indemnity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames M. Cain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames M. Cain, virtuoso of the \u003ci\u003eroman noir\u003c\/i\u003e, gives us a tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful story in \u003cb\u003eDouble Indemnity, \u003c\/b\u003ean X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalter Huff was an insurance salesman with an unfailing instinct for clients who might be in trouble, and his instinct led him to Phyllis Nirdlinger. Phyllis wanted to buy an accident policy on her husband. Then she wanted her husband to have an accident. Walter wanted Phyllis. To get her, he would arrange the perfect murder and betray everything he had ever lived for.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1935, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the \"roman noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Mallahan Cain (1892-1977) was a first-rate writer of American hard-boiled crime fiction. Born in Baltimore, the son of the president of Washington College, Cain began his career as a reporter, serving in the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and writing for \u003ci\u003eThe Cross of Lorraine\u003c\/i\u003e, the newspaper of the 79th Division. He returned from the war to embark on a literay career that included a professorship at St. John's College in Annapolis and a stint at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e as managing editor before he went to Hollywood as a script writer. Cain's famous first novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice\u003c\/b\u003e, was published in 1934 when he was forty-two, and became an instant sensation. It was tried for obscenity in Boston and was said by Albert Camus to have inspired his own book, \u003cb\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/b\u003e. The infamous novel was staged in 1936, and filmed in 1946 and 1981. The story of a young hobo who has an affair with a married woman and plots with her to murder her husband and collect his insurance, \u003cb\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice\u003c\/b\u003e is a benchmark of classic crime fiction and film noir. Two of Cain's other novels, \u003cb\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/b\u003e (1941) and \u003cb\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/b\u003e (1943), were also made into film noir classics. In 1974, James M. Cain was awarded the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Cain published eighteen books in all and was working on his autobiography at the time of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 115\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8.02 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42688339345471,"sku":"9780679723226","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5b05ab2b5ba62818f3e62befa4f1c60f.webp?v=1764981656","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/double-indemnity-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}