Comments on: James M. Cain: The Postman Always Rings Twice http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-m-cain-the-postman-always-rings-twice/ a literary handout Thu, 17 May 2012 11:03:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: booklit http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-m-cain-the-postman-always-rings-twice/#comment-18710 booklit Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:10 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-m-cain-the-postman-always-rings-twice/#comment-18710 [...] on booklit where, after a tentative treading of the toes in American noir, with James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, it was suggested in the comments that next up should be McCoy’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? [...] […] on booklit where, after a tentative treading of the toes in American noir, with James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, it was suggested in the comments that next up should be McCoy’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? […]

]]> By: Chris Routledge http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-m-cain-the-postman-always-rings-twice/#comment-15408 Chris Routledge Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:19 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-m-cain-the-postman-always-rings-twice/#comment-15408 I'll say no more then and look forward to your thoughts. I remember reading that interview years ago when I was a student--thanks for the reminder, I must look it up again. The French embraced the American hard-boiled writers and took them seriously like no other nation--McCoy was popular there too. I’ll say no more then and look forward to your thoughts.

I remember reading that interview years ago when I was a student–thanks for the reminder, I must look it up again. The French embraced the American hard-boiled writers and took them seriously like no other nation–McCoy was popular there too.

]]> By: Stewart http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-m-cain-the-postman-always-rings-twice/#comment-15406 Stewart Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:41:11 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-m-cain-the-postman-always-rings-twice/#comment-15406 <blockquote>Next in this existentialist line-up I recommend They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? by Horace McCoy.</blockquote> Funny you should say that one, Chris. I ordered it on Monday. On the subject of Cain and Chandler, there's an interview with the former in the <em>Paris Review</em Interviews (vol i) where Cain berates Chandler's prose for being too honed. They really didn't like each other, did they?

Next in this existentialist line-up I recommend They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? by Horace McCoy.

Funny you should say that one, Chris. I ordered it on Monday.

On the subject of Cain and Chandler, there’s an interview with the former in the Paris Review

]]> By: Chris Routledge http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-m-cain-the-postman-always-rings-twice/#comment-15404 Chris Routledge Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:29:30 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-m-cain-the-postman-always-rings-twice/#comment-15404 A wise review. Chandler of course helped adapt another of Cain's novels, Double Indemnity, for the movies. He explains in a letter I think how Cain's dialogue doesn't sound good when spoken out loud by actors, even when it works on the page. Next in this existentialist line-up I recommend They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy. A wise review. Chandler of course helped adapt another of Cain’s novels, Double Indemnity, for the movies. He explains in a letter I think how Cain’s dialogue doesn’t sound good when spoken out loud by actors, even when it works on the page.

Next in this existentialist line-up I recommend They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? by Horace McCoy.

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