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Joyce
I, too, was puzzled by the title and was hoping there was something here to explain it - something I missed when reading the book. But, nope...nothing.
So I Google'd it and found a blog online from the Library of Congress.
Apparently a reader had written Cain much the same - why this title?? The author responded that it came from the custom/tradition of the English and Irish letter carriers who "ring twice" when delivering mail - and Cain responded 'doubled as a metaphor for the delayed justice meted out to Frank and Cora, the killers, with “postman” standing in for “justice.” '
So I Google'd it and found a blog online from the Library of Congress.
Apparently a reader had written Cain much the same - why this title?? The author responded that it came from the custom/tradition of the English and Irish letter carriers who "ring twice" when delivering mail - and Cain responded 'doubled as a metaphor for the delayed justice meted out to Frank and Cora, the killers, with “postman” standing in for “justice.” '
Bill Jenkins
The title is a metaphor. There were two attempts of the murder of the Greek. If you get no success on the first ring, you ring again.
El Bibliófilo
I found it is because the second oportunities. In my video comments you can explore a littel bit more: https://youtu.be/6-oRAM70U3g
Shaun
I thought that would be as obvious as a Greek tragedy.
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