The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)

By James M. Cain

By James M. Cain

By James M. Cain

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    About The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)

    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.

    About The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)

    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.

    About The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)

    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.

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    Praise

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

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

    About James M. Cain

    James M. Cain was a first-rate writer of American hard-boiled crime fiction. Born in Baltimore in 1892, Cain began his career as a reporter, serving in the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and writing for the newspaper of… More about James M. Cain

    About James M. Cain

    James M. Cain was a first-rate writer of American hard-boiled crime fiction. Born in Baltimore in 1892, Cain began his career as a reporter, serving in the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and writing for the newspaper of… More about James M. Cain

    About James M. Cain

    James M. Cain was a first-rate writer of American hard-boiled crime fiction. Born in Baltimore in 1892, Cain began his career as a reporter, serving in the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and writing for the newspaper of… More about James M. Cain

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Aug 09, 2022 | 128 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780593311912

    Paperback
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    May 14, 1989 | 128 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679723257

    Ebook
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Nov 03, 2010 | 128 Pages | ISBN 9780307772947

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