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The postman always rings twice

A drifter and the bored young wife of a middle-aged cafe owner become lovers and murder her husband. They escape justice, but eventually are caught in their own web.

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  • "The sultry young wife of a diner owner conspires with an aimless drifter to murder her husband."
  • "Cora is a bored housewife, trapped in a loveless marriage to Nick. When she meets Frank, a young drifter, her erotic passions are once again stirred. The two of them begin to wonder what kind of life they could have together if Nick should happen to meet with an unfortunate accident."
  • "A drifter and the bored young wife of a middle-aged cafe owner become lovers and murder her husband. They escape justice, but eventually are caught in their own web."
  • "A drifter and the bored young wife of a middle-aged cafe owner become lovers and murder her husband. They escape justice, but eventually are caught in their own web."@en
  • "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.""@en
  • "Een jonge zwerver komt op zekere dag bij een wegrestaurant terecht en begint een verhouding met de vrouw van de eigenaar, een Griek; samen met haar beraamt hij een plan om hem uit de weg te ruimen."
  • "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."
  • "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. [This book] is a classic of the roman noir. It established [the author] 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." -Back cover."
  • "Frank Chambers, dropped from the back of a truck at a rundown rural diner, decides to stay when he spots Cora, the owner's wife. Married to Nick, a violent and thuggish boor, Cora is equally attracted to Frank and sees him as her way out of her hopeless, boring life. The two begin a clandestine affair and plot to kill Nick."@en
  • "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"."
  • "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. Some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. 1934."@en

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  • "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
  • "The postman always rings twice"@en
  • "The postman always rings twice"

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