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''ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' is a 1934 crime novel written by JamesMCain.
Frank Chambers, a young drifter, finds himself in a dusty diner in rural California in search of a meal. At the diner, he finds a job and a seductive married woman named Cora. Their attraction is instantaneous, and so starts their passionate affair. Cora's tired of living her life this way, married to an old Greek man named Nick whom she doesn't truly love. She wants to start over but keep the diner. Frank and she come up with the perfect solution and {{the perfect crime}}-- to murder Nick. After an unsuccessful first try, they succeed. Too perfect a crime to have really succeeded, lawyers are onto them. Will they be caught, and how will they pay for their actions?
It was controversial in its day for the violence and the sadomasochistic sexual relations between Cora and Frank. It is considered one of the best novels of modern literature.
Its most famous adaptation was the [[{{Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946}} 1946 film noir]], which was [[{{Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1981}} remade in 1981]].
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!!!Tropes used by the novel:
* AmoralAttorney: Katz, who manages to get the protagonists acquitted - though he knows that they're guilty - just to win a bet with the prosecutor.
* AutoErotica: Early in a novel, Cora and Frank have sex in a car.
* BeigeProse
* BettyAndVeronica: A version that became popularized in FilmNoir.
* TheDrifter: Frank
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Cora is killed in a car accident, the same way that they managed to kill Nick.]]
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Cora
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Just when Cora and Frank repaired their relationship and she became pregnant, Cora is killed in a car accident. Frank is accused of murdering her, and sentenced to death]].
* EasyAmnesia: After the attempt to hit Nick's head and make it look like he drowned in the bathtub, Nick gets retrograde amnesia from the nonfatal blow Frank managed to get.
* FemmeFatale: Cora is a perfect example.
* HaveAGayOldTime: "He used to be a dick, but he's not a dick anymore."
* InsuranceFraud: Used as a plot point.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: At the end, Frank says [[spoiler:that he wrote this down while on the death row, and if he's executed, his priest will try to find a way to publish it.]]
* [[LoveMakesYouEvil Love Makes You A Criminal]]
* NonIndicativeName: The postman never shows up and is not even alluded to. There's lots of speculation as to where the name comes from, but James M. Cain admits it was somewhat of a non-sequitor.
* ThePerfectCrime: After the first attempt, Frank deliberately wants to avoid the "perfect murder"; perfect things are suspicious.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Nick and Cora.
''ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' is a 1934 crime novel written by JamesMCain.
Frank Chambers, a young drifter, finds himself in a dusty diner in rural California in search of a meal. At the diner, he finds a job and a seductive married woman named Cora. Their attraction is instantaneous, and so starts their passionate affair. Cora's tired of living her life this way, married to an old Greek man named Nick whom she doesn't truly love. She wants to start over but keep the diner. Frank and she come up with the perfect solution and {{the perfect crime}}-- to murder Nick. After an unsuccessful first try, they succeed. Too perfect a crime to have really succeeded, lawyers are onto them. Will they be caught, and how will they pay for their actions?
It was controversial in its day for the violence and the sadomasochistic sexual relations between Cora and Frank. It is considered one of the best novels of modern literature.
Its most famous adaptation was the [[{{Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946}} 1946 film noir]], which was [[{{Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1981}} remade in 1981]].
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!!!Tropes used by the novel:
* AmoralAttorney: Katz, who manages to get the protagonists acquitted - though he knows that they're guilty - just to win a bet with the prosecutor.
* AutoErotica: Early in a novel, Cora and Frank have sex in a car.
* BeigeProse
* BettyAndVeronica: A version that became popularized in FilmNoir.
* TheDrifter: Frank
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Cora is killed in a car accident, the same way that they managed to kill Nick.]]
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Cora
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Just when Cora and Frank repaired their relationship and she became pregnant, Cora is killed in a car accident. Frank is accused of murdering her, and sentenced to death]].
* EasyAmnesia: After the attempt to hit Nick's head and make it look like he drowned in the bathtub, Nick gets retrograde amnesia from the nonfatal blow Frank managed to get.
* FemmeFatale: Cora is a perfect example.
* HaveAGayOldTime: "He used to be a dick, but he's not a dick anymore."
* InsuranceFraud: Used as a plot point.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: At the end, Frank says [[spoiler:that he wrote this down while on the death row, and if he's executed, his priest will try to find a way to publish it.]]
* [[LoveMakesYouEvil Love Makes You A Criminal]]
* NonIndicativeName: The postman never shows up and is not even alluded to. There's lots of speculation as to where the name comes from, but James M. Cain admits it was somewhat of a non-sequitor.
* ThePerfectCrime: After the first attempt, Frank deliberately wants to avoid the "perfect murder"; perfect things are suspicious.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Nick and Cora.
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''ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' is a 1934 crime novel written by JamesMCain.
Frank Chambers, a young drifter, finds himself in a dusty diner in rural California in search of a meal. At the diner, he finds a job and a seductive married woman named Cora. Their attraction is instantaneous, and so starts their passionate affair. Cora's tired of living her life this way, married to an old Greek man named Nick whom she doesn't truly love. She wants to start over but keep the diner. Frank and she come up with the perfect solution and {{the perfect crime}}-- to murder Nick. After an unsuccessful first try, they succeed. Too perfect a crime to have really succeeded, lawyers are onto them. Will they be caught, and how will they pay for their actions?
It was controversial in its day for the violence and the sadomasochistic sexual relations between Cora and Frank. It is considered one of the best novels of modern literature.
Its most famous adaptation was the [[{{Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946}} 1946 film noir]], which was [[{{Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1981}} remade in 1981]].
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!!!Tropes used by the novel:
* AmoralAttorney: Katz, who manages to get the protagonists acquitted - though he knows that they're guilty - just to win a bet with the prosecutor.
* AutoErotica: Early in a novel, Cora and Frank have sex in a car.
* BeigeProse
* BettyAndVeronica: A version that became popularized in FilmNoir.
* TheDrifter: Frank
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Cora is killed in a car accident, the same way that they managed to kill Nick.]]
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Cora
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Just when Cora and Frank repaired their relationship and she became pregnant, Cora is killed in a car accident. Frank is accused of murdering her, and sentenced to death]].
* EasyAmnesia: After the attempt to hit Nick's head and make it look like he drowned in the bathtub, Nick gets retrograde amnesia from the nonfatal blow Frank managed to get.
* FemmeFatale: Cora is a perfect example.
* HaveAGayOldTime: "He used to be a dick, but he's not a dick anymore."
* InsuranceFraud: Used as a plot point.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: At the end, Frank says [[spoiler:that he wrote this down while on the death row, and if he's executed, his priest will try to find a way to publish it.]]
* [[LoveMakesYouEvil Love Makes You A Criminal]]
* NonIndicativeName: The postman never shows up and is not even alluded to. There's lots of speculation as to where the name comes from, but James M. Cain admits it was somewhat of a non-sequitor.
* ThePerfectCrime: After the first attempt, Frank deliberately wants to avoid the "perfect murder"; perfect things are suspicious.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Nick and Cora.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Nick and Cora.
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