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The postman always rings twice

by James M. Cain, Andrew Braunsberg, David Mamet, Charles Mulvehill, Bob Rafelson · first published 1934

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Frank Chambers, un trotamundos sin empleo, narra en primera persona la atracción que siente por Cora Papadakis, la esposa de un emigrante de origen griego propietario de una taberna en California, y cómo se vuelven amantes unidos por el ardor y la ambición. Pero no será tan fácil librarse del viejo marido. Y habrá que contar, además, con el inescrutable destino: ese cartero que siempre llama dos veces. La fama de las dos versiones cinematográficas de esta extraordinaria novela, clásico entre los clásicos de la film noir, quizás haya podido ocultar la maestría de James M. Cain. Pero ni la pelíc

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What Hacker News says

  • …novels, recommend starting with Hard Boiled Wonderland though) Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball - Haruki Murakami The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammet (Surprising just how much San Francisco is in it) The Postman Always Rings Twice - James Cain Seveneves - Neal Stephenson (recommended) Pattern Recognition - William Gibson The Sun Also Rises - Hemingway (recommended, refreshing language) Non-fiction: Running Lean - Ash Muraya…

    on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗
  • cafard · Mar 10, 2022 · Mentions

    I am reminded of the first sentence of The Postman Always Rings Twice, something like "They threw me off the hay truck about noon." I suppose this is because it was somewhere out in southeastern California also.

    on “What makes a great opening line?” ↗

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