Four Complete Novels
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This 1982 edition is published by Avenel Books, distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc., by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
James Mallahan Cain Boeken
James M. Cain was een Amerikaanse journalist en romanschrijver, doorgaans geassocieerd met de hard-boiled school van de Amerikaanse misdaadfictie en beschouwd als een voorloper van de "roman noir." Cain's werk duikt in de donkerdere aspecten van de menselijke natuur, gericht op passie, geweld en de corrumperende invloed van verlangen, allemaal weergegeven in een beroemd beknopte en directe prozastijl. Zijn verhalen verkennen vaak morele ambiguïteit en de onontkoombare greep van het lot, waardoor strakke, spannende verhalen ontstaan die lezers blijven boeien met hun rauwe intensiteit en psychologische scherpte.
Tautly 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.Walter 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.
Latest American short stories. Jüngste amerikanische Kurzgeschichten.
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The sultry young wife of a diner owner conspires with an aimless drifter to murder her husband
John Sharp had just flopped in Rigoletto, down in Mexico, when he first saw Juana. Somehow, the beautiful Mexican-Indian prostitute offered him a way back, a chance to rebuild his career in New York and Hollywood. But then, like the snake in the garden, Winston Hawes, the prodigiously accomplished conductor, came back in to Sharp's life and an eternal, and lethal, triangle was formed.
Detektivní román Pošťák vždycky zvoní dvakrát vyšel poprvé v roce 1934 v Bostonu a vzápětí byl zakázán pro přemíru násilí a erotiky. Přesto se jeho autor stal uznávaným prozaikem s osobitou vizí, popisující odvrácenou stranu Ameriky a románem Pošťák zvoní vždycky dvakrát se inspiroval Camus při psaní svého románu Cizinec.
Il bambino nella ghiacciaia
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Due assassini, la testa della loro vittima e un ruscello ghiacciato... Lucky, il vagabondo, architetta l'alibi perfetto... Il tigre in cucina, il bambino nella ghiacciaia... Questi sono gli elementi di tre racconti caratterizzati da una prosa snella, trame concise e una voce unica che distinguono anche i romanzi classici di James M. Cain, come "Double Indemnity" e "The Postman Always Rings Twice". Le storie brevi, schizzi e dialoghi, e una novella in questo libro sono pieni di persone intrappolate nella morsa a sangue freddo della passione e del destino. Ogni pagina è scritta nello stile incisivo, veloce e causticamente ironico che ha reso James M. Cain un maestro della narrativa hard-boiled.
Il postino suona sempre due volte
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Noir - 5: La femme du magicien
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Dans quel guêpier s'était-il fourré ? Pourtant, dès le début il avait vu clair dans son jeu. Tout de suite, il s'était dit : " Tu sais ce qu'elle veut... Pour toi, c'est terminé. Ne revois jamais cette fille ! " Mais il l'avait revue. Comme par hasard, le vieux était mort. Et il était sûr que c'était elle qui l'avait tué. Maintenant c'était à lui de tuer le mari. Il s'était porté volontaire et il ne pouvait plus reculer. Le tout était de s'y prendre intelligemment...
