Mildred Pierce ma boskie nogi, mocny charakter i jest niedościgniona w kuchni. Wykorzystała te atuty, by przetrwać rozwód, wydobyć się z biedy i wspiąć się po drabinie społecznej na szczebel wyższej klasy średniej. Mildred ma jednak dwie słabości. Jedna to skłonność do darzenia uczuciem leniwych mężczyzn. I mniej chyba groźna niż kompletne zaślepienie na punkcie szczęścia córki, Vedy.
An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution--a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve. First published in 1934 and banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir. It established James M. Cain as a major novelist with an unsparing vision of America's bleak underside, and was acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger.
The Postman Always Rings Twice/Double Indemnity/Mildred Pierce
Three of the best novels of James M Cain, all in one volume, stories that encompass suspense, human lust, greed, and self-absorption, they are The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity and Mildred Pierce.