Double Indemnity
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Double Indemnity
By (Author) James M. Cain
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
1st May 2005
24th March 2005
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
813.52
Physical Properties
Paperback
144
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 12mm
131g
Description
DOUBLE INDEMNITY is the classic tale of an evil woman motivated by greed who corrupts a weak man motivated by lust. Walter Huff is an insurance investigator like any other until the day he meets the beautiful and dangerous Phyllis Nirdlinger and falls under her spell. Together they plot to kill her husband and split the insurance. It'll be the perfect murder...THE AUTHOR James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War 1, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920's. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977.
Reviews
'[A] fine idea for a series... They already have a superb noir backlist. but adding Philip K Dick's Minority Report and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep improves the mix.' SCOTSMAN
Author Bio
James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War 1, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920's. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977
