richard brewer

Episode 11 contains a short biography of noted mystery writer James Mallahan Cain (1892 - 1977) along with a general summary of his books published in paperback. The second half of the show is a discussion with regular guest, Richard Brewer, on Cain's masterpiece - Double Indemnity. In addition to discussing the book, we also compare it to the brilliant film adaptation of the novel directed by Billy Wilder in 1943.

Full Show notes with links can be found at paperbackshow.com

You can read the full show notes for this episode at paperbackshow.com. I've also included many scans of Chandler paperback covers and my full collection of Ballantine's Tom Adams covers for the run of Chandler's novels.