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The Postman Always Rings Twice: The classic crime novel and major movie

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First published in 1934, The Postman Always Rings Twice caused a scandal with its explosive mix of violence and sex and immediately became a bestseller.

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 a classic of its kind, and established Cain as a major novelist with a spare and vital prose style and a bleak vision of America.

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  • The novel's rattling exuberance makes it impossible to read without becoming physically buzzed - SPIRIT & DESTINY

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James M. Cain

James M. Cain

James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War I, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920s. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977.

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