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Loading... The Postman Always Rings Twiceby James M. Cain
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. An interesting read. A drifter falls in love with Cora, the married lady of the house. A book about lust and consequences. (  ) soffitta1 | Dec 13, 2009 |  My goodness! This was certainly a racy novel for its era, or for any era, in truth. *quickly fans herself* A quick fast read with snappy dialogue. Now I must rent the film. (  ) avanta7 | Apr 22, 2009 | So much evil- doing packed into a slender novel. A must for the fan of noir, though I liked Cain's others like Mildred Pierce and Double Indemnity a little more. ( ) mstrust | Apr 4, 2009 | This book doesn't waste time... or words. I took her in my arms and mashed my mouth up against hers... 'Bite me! Bite me!' I bit her. I sunk my teeth into her lips so deep I could feel the blood spurt into my mouth. It was running down her neck when I carried her upstairs. That was soon after Frank met Cora, page 9. They didn't dilly-dally, you see. Frank was a little religious... I kissed her. Her eyes were shinging (sic) up at me like two blue stars. It was like being in church. and We lay there, face to face, and held hands under water. I looked up at the sky. It was all you could see. I thought about God. But frank fell for a 'hell cat'. Cora was no weak little housewife. She could disarm and handle 3 men if the need arose, and arose it did. I've read this book at least three times and still enjoy the simple, coarse prose and base story. ( )2  Banoo | Mar 2, 2009 | Brilliant short novel about two lovers who commit murder. Much more than a mystery, and strong evocation of 1930s Los Angeles. Magnificent characters, very sad ending. (  ) jhevelin | Feb 16, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Frank Chambers, a drifter, is dropped from the back of a truck at a rundown rural diner. When he spots Cora, the owner's wife, he instantly decides to stay. The sexy young woman, married to Nick, a violent and thuggish boor, is equally attracted to the younger man and sees him as her way out of her hopeless, boring life. They begin a clandestine affair and plot to kill Nick, beginning their own journey toward destruction.
Horace McCoy, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, and the other notable noir writers never achieved Cain's spare brilliance. Virtually all of his major works have been filmed, though several Hollywood studios refused to make the films, directors refused to be involved, and actors turned down roles because of their repugnance at the lack of morality inherent in all Cain's characters. Reading him may not be fit for a Sunday school class, but once you begin you will be unable to resist continuing, like picking at a painful scab or watching a tarantula inside a glass dome. --Otto Penzler
(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400)
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