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        The Postman Always Rings Twice


        setting

        Southern California

        time

        Post-WWII

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1934

        page count

        116

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Frank Chambers, Cora

        Rip's impressions

        Quick read––a classic crime mystery written by a born screenwriter (who wrote the screen play for Double Indemnity). Camus said he was influenced by this novel's style when writing his classic, The Stranger.

        first line

        They threw me off the hay truck about noon.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)

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