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The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain
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Description for The Postman Always Rings Twice
Paperback. 'Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
'One of the great crime novels of all time' Tony Parsons, Express
'Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe
'It is no accident that movies based on three [of Cain's novels] helped to define the genre known as film noir' NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
'The most starkly elemental thing that has been written for years' EVENING STANDARD
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752864365
SKU
V9780752864365
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99-50
About James M. Cain
James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War 1, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920's. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977.
Reviews for The Postman Always Rings Twice
One of the great crime novels of all time
Tony Parsons
EXPRESS
It is no accident that movies based on three [of Cain's novels] helped to define the genre known as film noir
NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS
Cain has established a formidable reputation of furious pace, harsh and masterful realism, tough, raw speech ... Read more
Tony Parsons
EXPRESS
It is no accident that movies based on three [of Cain's novels] helped to define the genre known as film noir
NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS
Cain has established a formidable reputation of furious pace, harsh and masterful realism, tough, raw speech ... Read more