Postman Always Rings Twice

Cain, James M.

ISBN 10: 0859975959 / ISBN 13: 9780859975957

Published by Firecrest Pub., 1985

About this Item

Very good condition with a little edge wear to the dust jacket, pages clean and tight although starting to brown. More info/photos on request.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1752446677784

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Postman Always Rings Twice
• Publisher: Firecrest Pub.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859975959
• ISBN 13: 9780859975957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Review

" A good, swift, violent story." --Dashiell Hammett
" A poet of the tabloid murder." --Edmund Wilson

-A good, swift, violent story.- --Dashiell Hammett
-A poet of the tabloid murder.- --Edmund Wilson

"A good, swift, violent story." --Dashiell Hammett

"A poet of the tabloid murder." --Edmund Wilson