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 The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain
Description: ISBN 0752861743 / Author: James M. Cain / Genre: Crime / Thriller / First published in 1934, The Postman Always Rings Twice caused a ... more  The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain ... scandal with its explosive mix of violence and sex, and immediately became a bestseller. The torrid story of Frank Chambers, the amoral drifter, Cora, the sullen and brooding wife, and Nick Papadakis, the amiable but inconvenient husband, has become a classic of its kind, and established Cain as a major novelist with a spare and vital prose style and a bleak vision of America.Newest Review: ... because of its 'obscene' content, it immediately piqued people's interest. It is probably his best-known work, although ... more ... Double Indemnity is also much-loved.
The plot
Told by the main perpetrator of the crimes that take place throughout the course of the book, the story is about a young man, Frank Chambers, who spends his life wandering from place to place. He comes across Nick Papadakis, who runs a café and petrol station, who offers him a job. Frank is reluctant to take the job, but needs the money and is also attracted by Nick's wife, Cora.
Frank quickly makes his intentions towards Cora clear and finds that she has married Nick in or...more |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain: Nothing to do with the postman! (684 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 16.02.06 (Very useful, 293 readings)
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Introduction Like, I suspect, most people in the UK, I had heard of the film, but didn't know that the book existed and when I found out that it did, thought that it must have been based on the film. This is not the case; the book was first published in 1934 and was banned in Boston, because it was believed to be too erotic and violent. Like Lady Chatterly's Lover, banning it probably did as much to make it famous as the fact that it was an incredibly well-written and powerful novel and it became a best-seller. In 1946, it was made into a film starring John Garfield and Lana Turner; a later version stars Jack Nicholson. The author James M Cain was ...
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