I got the copy shown here at a Goodwill for around $2 (it's worth more), and having seen the 1981 film version of it, and remembering almost nothing about it, thought I'd buy it. It's a sort of pulp fiction with a brain novel and fun to read. It's tame by today's standards. Whether you like it or not, you might want to read the story behind it, which is on Wikipedia and other places. It's interesting.
 Movie plug: The same author, [a:James M. Cain|14473|James M. Cain|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1214424417p2/14473.jpg], wrote [b:Double Indemnity|56616|Double Indemnity|James M. Cain|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1643474470l/56616.SY75.jpg|1298177]. The 1944 film version of that, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck and cowritten by Wilder and [a:Raymond Chandler|1377|Raymond Chandler|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1206535318p2/1377.jpg], is a must-see.
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