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The postman always rings twice ; Double indemnity ; Mildred Pierce ; and selected stories / James M. Cain ; with an introduction by Robert Polito.

by Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977.

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Alfred A. Knopf : Distibuted by Random House, 2003.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.

Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; 267.

Contributor biographical information

Alternate title:

Double indemnity.

Mildred Pierce.

xxxix, 594 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxv).

The postman always rings twice -- Double indemnity -- Mildred Pierce -- Pastorale -- The baby in the ice box -- Dead man -- Brush fire -- The girl in the storm.

"The Postman Always Rings Twice, Cain's first novel - tried for obscenity in Boston, the inspiration for Camus's The Stranger - is the fever-pitched tale of a drifter who stumbles into a job, into an obsessional passion, and into a murder. Double Indemnity - which followed Postman so quickly, Cain's readers hardly had a chance to catch their breath - is a tersely narrated story of a blind, excessive love, duplicity, and, of course, murder. Mildred Pierce, a work of acute psychological observation and devastating emotional violence, is the tale of a woman with a taste for shiftless men and an unreasoned devotion to her monstrous daughter. All three novels were immortalized in classic Hollywood films. Also included here are five masterful short stories."--Publisher description.

Mystery fiction.

Hard-boiled detective fiction.

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