Stephen Burridge wrote:
I just read "The Postman Always Rings Twice" for the first
time last week. It was readable enough but I was most struck
by its apparent originality. It seemed like a more direct
ancestor to the kind of
"noir" fiction often discussed on this list than the
detective stories of Hammett and Chandler.
*************** I agree. Cain's Postman is the cornerstone of
the noir fiction genre.
miker
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