The Postman Always Rings Twice (V-545)

Cain, James M.

ISBN 10: 0394745450 / ISBN 13: 9780394745459

Published by Vintage Books, 1978

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Postman Always Rings Twice (V-545)

Publisher: Vintage Books

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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