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James M. Cain

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The Postman Always Rings Twice

253 words, approx. 1 pages

The Postman Always Rings Twice James M. Cain's (1892-1977) controversial bestseller The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) is an erotic and violent story about a waitress and a drifter who kill ... Read more

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James Cain

1,868 words, approx. 7 pages

Although he disliked the title, James M. Cain (1892-1977) is considered one of the preeminent "hard-boiled" crime writers of the 1930s and 1940s along with Dashiell Hammett, Horace McCoy, and Raymond ... Read more

James M(allahan) Cain

13,385 words, approx. 45 pages

"I, so far as I can sense the pattern of my mind, write of the wish that comes true, for some reason a terrifying concept, at least to my imagination. . . . I think my stories have some quality of the... Read more

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Critical Essay by Franklin P. Adams

283 words, approx. 1 pages

Critical Essay by Franklin P. Adams Mr. Cain has written the most engrossing, unlaydownable book that I have any memory of…. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" is so continuously ex... Read more

Critical Essay by Edmund Wilson

672 words, approx. 3 pages

Critical Essay by Edmund Wilson Let us begin with Mr. Cain and his school. The Postman Always Rings Twice came out in 1934; and Mr. Cain's second novel, Serenade, in 1937. They were followed by... Read more

Critical Essay by Tom S. Reck

2,626 words, approx. 9 pages