Double Indemnity.DOUBLE INDEMNITY A term of an insurance policy by which the insurance company promises to pay the insured or the beneficiary twice the amount of coverage if loss occurs due to a particular cause or set of circumstances. Double indemnity clauses are found most often in life insurance policies. . James M. Cain James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labelling, he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the . 1936/ 2005. Read by James Naughton. 4 cds. 3.5 hrs. Caedmon. 0-06-075668-3. $29.95. Cardboard; plot, author, reader notes. A Done in by lust and then undone by love, insurance agent Walter Huff masterminds the perfect murder of his lover's husband and then helps it go awry in this classic noir thriller with more twists and turns than a rat's maze and an ending that will give listeners gooseflesh gooseflesh, temporary rumpling of the skin into tiny bumps, also called goose bumps and goose pimples, and technically known as cutis ansirina. In response to cold or certain emotional states, such as fear or rage, the smooth muscles of the subsurface layer . Cain's world is a bleak one of fuzzy values and situational ethics, where nobody is quite what he seems and where love is anything but happy and redemptive. But his plotting is ingenious and his spare, direct prose as effective as a machine gun. That he can grip his readers so, despite a total absence of the graphic violence and profanity Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God. Vulgar, irreverent, or coarse language. The use of certain profane or obscene language on the radio or television is a federal offense, but in other situations, profanity on which many modern crime writers rely, should be an object lesson. Naughton has the perfect voice for the protagonist/narrator. His matter-of-fact baritone delivery has an undertone that makes us want to believe and trust him, even as we become passive accomplices to his crime. Francine Levitov, Attorney, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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