![]() ![]() A chance meeting with Nick Papadakis, a milquetoast Greek migrant, not just lands Chambers a job in Papadakis’ restaurant, but also sets off a clandestine affair with the Greek’s feisty wife, Cora. ![]() A scheming plot having carnal contours that at times works like a dream, and at others, flounders like a helpless kite detached from its string, ‘ The Postman…’ represents the dawn of perdition that is sadly mistaken for the onset of passion.įrank Chambers, a drifter, a vagabond and a habitual offender, narrates his story in the first person. Almost nine decades later, he still continues to remain a colossus straddling the genre. Cain wrote this marvelous story in 1934, he was one of the undisputed apex predators of the crime noir. The searing beauty of “The Postman Always Rings Twice” lies in its frightening simplicity. ![]()
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