The Postman Always Rings Twice

James M. Cain

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Author
James M. Cain
Publish Date
1989-05-14
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Number of Pages
128
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
0679723250
ISBN-13
9780679723257
citemno
128929
SKU
9780679723257

Description

The bestselling sensation—and one of the most outstanding crime novels of the 20th century—that was banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism, and acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger. The basis for the acclaimed 1946 film.

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, 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.