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Set in the backdrop of the 30s Depression, Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice typifies hard-boiled roman noir, with seedy characters aimlessly drifting towards nature’s dark side. We see this epitomized in Frank and Cora, whose existences are two-faced and bleak, their ideal happiness seemingly at the expense of others. Yet, Cain aptly takes you along with their schemes, and with a minimalist approach to narrative, exposes his character’s flaws and sins. With deceptive, dishonest and generall
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Classic story of evil, greed, and desperation.
“We had all that love, and we just cracked up under it.”
რა ბედნიერებაა, რომ არცერთი ეკრანიზაცია არ მქონდა ნანახი.
A quick read and a real classic in its genre.
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