by James M. Cain · Adelphi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845914676
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«Il postino suona sempre due volte» is the crime novel by James M. Cain, published by Adelphi in paperback (128 pages, in Italian).
Frank Chambers, a drifter, finds work at a roadside restaurant and there meets Cora, the owner's wife. A passion grows between them that leads them to plan the murder of the husband, but the crime unleashes guilt, paranoia and unforeseen consequences.
Edition from the Gli Adelphi collection (no. 152), with translation by Franco Salvatorelli. Work originally published in 1934 under the title The Postman Always Rings Twice.
For readers of crime fiction and classic American noir.
James Mallahan Cain was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction.
