Author Cain's hero is as hard as any cinema villain but he obeys cinema rules, goes sappy at the end." - Time The Postman Always Rings Twice, though it gives the impression of a stark naked love-&-murder story, is actually narrative stripped to its underwear. "Author Cain's high-powered shocker will keep many a reader spellbound.He has excorcised all the inhibitions there is a minimum of reason, of complexity, of what we commonly call civilization, between an impulse and its gratification." - Harold Strauss, The New York Times Book Review "His story is a third as long as most novels, and its success is due entirely to one quality: Cain can get down to primary impulses of greed and sex in fewer words than any writer we know of.The Postman always Rings Twice has been filmed twice: in 1946, directed by Tay Garnett, starring Lana Turner and John Garfield, and in 1981, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica LangeĪ- : fast, dark novella with some nice twists.Il postino suona sempre due volte - ItaliaĮl cartero siempre llama dos veces - España Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt - Deutschland Le Facteur sonne toujours deux fois - France General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. The Postman always Rings Twice - James M.
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