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A special edition of The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy. When Frank, an amoral young drifter, gets thrown off a hay truck in the California desert, he ends up at a diner run by Cora and her inconvenient husband, Nick. This chance meeting puts them all on a sure path to perdition. 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. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Special Edition
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition), James M. Cain
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2022
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- James M. Cain
- Verlag
- Random House LCC US
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2022
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 128
- ISBN10
- 0593311914
- ISBN13
- 9780593311912
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Krimi & Thriller, Thriller, Klassiker, Klassische Krimis, Verfilmt, Noir
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1934
- Originaltitel
- The Postman Always Rings Twice
- Bewertung
- 3,75 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- A special edition of The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy. When Frank, an amoral young drifter, gets thrown off a hay truck in the California desert, he ends up at a diner run by Cora and her inconvenient husband, Nick. This chance meeting puts them all on a sure path to perdition. 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. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Special Edition