I finished a couple of weeks ago, so some details may be
fuzzy.
Overall, it's a good book, but not as good as Double
Imdemnity (the
book). It's interesting that the version I got was bundled
with
Mildred Pierce and Double Imdemnity, since elements of both
novels
appear in Postman, e.g., the female restarenteur and the
insurance
angle.
I don't understand why it's considered one of the top 100
English
language novels of the 20th Century. Chandler's Big Sleep was
way
more compelling than this, yet no Chandler book made that
list. Why
was this on it? The writing style? The plot? The influence on
later
writers? Hopefully you people will help answer these
questions.
Adan
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