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by James M. Cain
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jemidar
jemidar rated it 13 years ago
Classic Noir. What more could you want?!Now I'm off to hunt down the movie :-).
Barbara1951
Barbara1951 rated it 13 years ago
Read on my way to deciding, years ago, that I am not a fan of noir.
Readundant
Readundant rated it 14 years ago
This is one of those books that wound up the victim of its own success. That is to say, I've seen the Billy Wilder movie, and I thought it was better -- it certainly had a much better ending anyway; this one is melodramatic to the point of being nonsensical -- and I also saw Body Heat, which is basi...
Dantastic Book Reviews
Dantastic Book Reviews rated it 16 years ago
Walter Huff is an insurance salesman who gets mixed up with a man's attractive young wife and together they conspire to murder him. While waiting for the heat to die down, Huff gets involved with the woman's stepdaughter and things spiral out of control...While I wouldn't go as far as to call this ...
Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud
Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud rated it 28 years ago
BkC12) DOUBLE INDEMNITY by James M. Cain: I liked the book better than the movie.I don't think I agree with myself on this one. I like both book and movie, and the movie version is a wonderful treat available free on YouTube. I'll put the two on a par.Rating: 4.875* of fiveThe Book Report: Yet again...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 37 years ago
Good stuff if you like bad people, which sometimes I really do.
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