{"product_id":"9780375414381","title":"The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThese three classics from the master of the noir  novel, along with five otherwise unavailable short stories, are electric with the  taut narrative voice, the suspense, and the explosive violence and eroticism that  were James M. Cain’s indelible hallmarks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eCain’s  first novel–the subject of an obscenity trial in Boston, the inspiration for Camus’s \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e–is the fever-pitched tale of a drifter who stumbles into a job, into  an erotic obsession, and into a murder. \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/i\u003e–which followed \u003ci\u003ePostman\u003c\/i\u003e so  quickly, Cain’s readers hardly had a chance to catch their breath–is a tersely narrated  story of blind passion, duplicity, and, of course, murder. \u003ci\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 stories–“Pastorale,” “The Baby in the Icebox,” “Dead Man,”  “Brush Fire,” “The Girl in the Storm”–that have been out of print for decades.","brand":"James M. Cain","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46729047048404,"sku":"9780375414381","price":48.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2f769198-ca16-4eb4-ba5e-2129d39805b2.jpg?v=1755274185","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780375414381","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}