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Detektivní román Pošťák vždycky zvoní dvakrát vyšel poprvé v roce 1934 v Bostonu a vzápětí byl zakázán pro přemíru násilí a erotiky. Přesto se jeho autor stal uznávaným prozaikem s osobitou vizí, popisující odvrácenou stranu Ameriky a románem Pošťák zvoní vždycky dvakrát se inspiroval Camus při psaní svého románu Cizinec.

This 1982 edition is published by Avenel Books, distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc., by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1935, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir.Walter Huff was an insurance salesman with an unfailing instinct for clients who might be in trouble, and his instinct led him to Phyllis Nirdlinger. Phyllis wanted to buy an accident policy on her husband. Then she wanted her husband to have an accident. Walter wanted Phyllis. To get her, he would arrange the perfect murder and betray everything he had ever lived for.

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Prvý román Jamesa M. Caina, príbeh tuláka Franka Chambersa, krásnej Cory a jej manžela Nicka vyvolal v dobe prvého vydania (1934) búrlivé reakcie. Niektorí knihu ostro odsúdili a dokonca zakázali pre priveľmi erotický a násilnícky obsah – z dnešného pohľadu podaný veľmi decentne –, no čitatelia zjavne zastávali iný názor, lebo Poštár zvoní vždy dvakrát sa stal výnimočne úspešným bestsellerom a dodnes patrí medzi klasické diela svetovej literatúry. Prevratný je najmä pre svoj nezvyčajne úsporný štýl. Autor sa vyhýba opisom, dej posúva predovšetkým úsečnými dialógmi hlavných postáv a príbeh rozpráva v prvej osobe.

John Sharp had just flopped in Rigoletto, down in Mexico, when he first saw Juana. Somehow, the beautiful Mexican-Indian prostitute offered him a way back, a chance to rebuild his career in New York and Hollywood. But then, like the snake in the garden, Winston Hawes, the prodigiously accomplished conductor, came back in to Sharp's life and an eternal, and lethal, triangle was formed.

A collection of stories, both early and late, that show how James M. Cain made his name There is a hungry tiger loose in the house, and that is not good news for anyone. A jealous husband let the animal out of his cage hoping he would eat his wife alive, but tigers aren’t used to taking orders. This jungle cat will get his meal, and he doesn’t care where it comes from. “The Baby in the Icebox” begins with a murdered wildcat and ends with a dead human—and what comes in between is some of the most striking prose James M. Cain ever put to paper. It is one of the first stories this master of crime fiction ever wrote, and it shows all the hallmarks of the novels that would later make him famous—namely Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice . The tales in this collection are short, but Cain never needed more than a few pages to thrill.

Dans quel guêpier s'était-il fourré ? Pourtant, dès le début il avait vu clair dans son jeu. Tout de suite, il s'était dit : " Tu sais ce qu'elle veut... Pour toi, c'est terminé. Ne revois jamais cette fille ! " Mais il l'avait revue. Comme par hasard, le vieux était mort. Et il était sûr que c'était elle qui l'avait tué. Maintenant c'était à lui de tuer le mari. Il s'était porté volontaire et il ne pouvait plus reculer. Le tout était de s'y prendre intelligemment...

Due assassini, la testa della loro vittima e un ruscello ghiacciato... Lucky, il vagabondo, architetta l'alibi perfetto... Il tigre in cucina, il bambino nella ghiacciaia... Questi sono gli elementi di tre racconti caratterizzati da una prosa snella, trame concise e una voce unica che distinguono anche i romanzi classici di James M. Cain, come "Double Indemnity" e "The Postman Always Rings Twice". Le storie brevi, schizzi e dialoghi, e una novella in questo libro sono pieni di persone intrappolate nella morsa a sangue freddo della passione e del destino. Ogni pagina è scritta nello stile incisivo, veloce e causticamente ironico che ha reso James M. Cain un maestro della narrativa hard-boiled.