- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New Ed edition (21 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752847694
- ISBN-13: 978-0752847696
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 325,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'[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 )
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Cracking Read,
By Warren Stalley (Bradford, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Double Indemnity (Crime Masterworks) (Paperback)
This book came in a boxset of ten other crime authors, so I read the book only by chance. The writer doesn't waste any words and this book rattles by like an express train. The book complements The Maltese Falcon as perfect noir. You will find yourself just as caught up as the protagonist. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. The Falcon and this book were both made into popular films but both started life as excellent books.
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This review is from: Double Indemnity (Paperback)
There is an elephant in the room in reviewing this book and a couple of reviewers have touched upon it; the ending is preposterous. Suffice to say that the ending bears no relation to the film, without straying further into 'spoiler' territory
Of course, it's classic noir and, of course, James Cain is a maestro of the hard-boiled genre. However, the film does this book a lot of favours. The motivation given to the two key protagonists is flimsy. The most credible character turns out to be the claims negotiator Keyes, with his firm belief in 'actuarial tables..hunch..instinct..experience'. Mr Cain builds the tension well, especially through the execution of the crime. The downcast tone of the narrator seeps through the story. It positively reeks of Depression America. For potential purchasers I would also suggest you fight shy of the full RRP of £[] for an edition that is massively bulked out to 135 pages with a couple of pages of routine introduction by James Lee Burke.
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Nice and tight.,
By Snowman (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Double Indemnity (Crime Masterworks) (Paperback)
Nice, tight little tale. His dialogue isn't as good as other authors, but I enjoyed the story.
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