num_pages: 120
description: An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one, grisly solution -- a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve. 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 . Performed by Stanley Tucci
language: English
title: The Postman Always Rings Twice
titlecomplete: The Postman Always Rings Twice
characters: Frank Chambers, Cora Papadakis, Nick Papadakis
genres: 20th Century, Crime, American, Classics, Novels, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 41454
places: California
publisher: Vintage Books