"In your eyes, I see the doorway to a thousand churches." - Peter Gabriel, 1986"Her eyes were shining up at me like two blue stars. It was like being in church." - James M. Cain, 1934I'm not saying, I'm just saying.So...anyway, What's not to like about The Postman Always Rings Twice? I can't think o...
This is considered one of the great classics of hard-boiled or noire literature. I had read the author's Mildred Pierce last summer and thought it was quite good. This one, despite being considered Cain's masterpiece, is not nearly so good. It's a quick read, so probably well worth picking up. But t...
Abrupt. Raw. The writing style perfectly suited the characters and content. I immediately loathed both Frank Chambers and Cora Papadakis. James M. Cain did his job well.http://cmjwallace.com/
I've been reading a lot of books from this time period and I can see why this was groundbreaking. It's definitely different from lots of crime books from the time. And I loved the ending!Stanley Tucci's narration grew on me. I wasn't so sure about it at the beginning but after a while, I got used to...
Meh, quiero mi dinero de vuelta. Me dijeron que era Noir y NADA. Y para acabarla de amolar en la película sale Jack Nicholson, no me cae mal pero hemos visto tantas películas con el últimamente que ya lo estoy empezando a odiar poquito. Pues es la historia de un muchacho que por casualidad conoce a...
Some time ago I read an interview with James M. Cain in Paris Review Interviews. I had no idea who he was but of course I had heard of ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’. There was a book, there were films. I knew all about it. Here is the storyline as I saw it: it’s some sort of erotic crime thing. A...
A true classic noir book. It is about a novella size, which I have said before is probably the most consistently perfect size for most stories. This is a story of obsession, murder and retribution. A story of shabby, low rent people doing awful things. There is really only one character in this enti...
Il avait dessiné déjà ce qu'il y aurait sur les autres choses. Je lui ai proposé, pour les coupures de journaux, un chat rouge et blanc avec une étincelle bleue qui sortirait de la queue, il a trouvé ça épatant.- Comme dit le type qui tombe d'avion : la balade fut chic, mais l'atterrissage est dur !...
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