THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain (Trade Paperback, UK Import)
$ 6.34
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THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain (Trade Paperback, UK Import). The book is a landmark of hardboiled fiction and film noir, known for its stark prose, violence, and eroticism, which led to it being banned in Boston upon publication. The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain about an amoral drifter, Frank Chambers, who begins a passionate affair with Cora Smith, the wife of a roadside diner owner, Nick Papadakis, leading them to conspire to murder Nick for insurance money. The book is a landmark of hardboiled fiction and film noir, known for its stark prose, violence, and eroticism, which led to it being banned in Boston upon publication. The story follows their destructive relationship as they repeatedly try and fail to kill Nick, with the title alluding to the idea that trouble, like a package, will eventually be delivered, even if it's not the first time. This is a nice UK Import edition. It's in Like New condition.
