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The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)
Overview
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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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780593311912
- ISBN-10: 0593311914
- Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
- Publish Date: August 2022
- Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.44 pounds
- Page Count: 128
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