The Postman Always Rings Twice James M. Cain

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780679723257
  • 14 mei 1989
  • 116 pagina's
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The sultry young wife of a diner owner conspires with an aimless drifter to murder her husband

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Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
14 mei 1989
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116
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Hoofdauteur
James M Cain
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Random House Usa Inc

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1
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133 mm
Product hoogte
13 mm
Product lengte
203 mm
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133 mm
Verpakking hoogte
13 mm
Verpakking lengte
203 mm
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124 g

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  • Raw, fast, furious

    Two famous Hollywood films were made with this title, in 1946 with Ava Gardner as Cora and another in 1981 with Jack Nicholson as Frank, neither of which this reader has seen. After this literary debut in 1934 at the age of 42, James M. Cain produced some 20 less successful books while working on numerous Hollywood screenplays. This book, once banned in Boston for its mix of sex and violence, is today considered an American noir classic and his best. The meaning of the book’s title remains a mystery and adds to its aura of brilliance.
    The novel is about penniless drifter Frank (24) meeting cook and waitress Cora (20?) in a roadside diner/gas station owned by her despised Greek husband Nick. They fall for each other instantly and soon decide to kill Nick. Much of author Cain’s brilliance is to write, from start to finish, purely from the perspective of his impulsive, somewhat dim-witted but passionate character Frank, and to gradually expose his past and character, strengths and weaknesses in his own words to us, readers to mull over and judge…
    This Cain technique gave readers the chance to judge Frank’s choices for themselves at every twist and turn of the tale. Cain always refused to be categorized: hard-boiled crime stories were about catching criminals. His book explored the mind of one (or two) of them. In the 1930s, this was a novelty.
    Full of deliberate grammar errors and quasi-clumsy writing, this book is authentic because of the powerful prose, wild passion and poorly-defined hopes it exudes. It is written in a raw, fast and furious manner James M. Cain never managed to replicate. Great stylistic writing experiment. Captivating reading.

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