The Postman Always Rings Twice

I mostly started reading this after being told that it inspired one of my favorite novels, The Stranger by Albert Camus. It's easy to draw parallels between the structure, prose and events of The Postman Always Rings Twice and The Stranger; this in itself was enjoyable enough that I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand The Stranger a little bit more.

The actual plot of The Postman Always Rings Twice was decent enough. There's a few unexpected twists, at least for this reader who hasn't really delved much into Noir fiction, and it's through these twists that it kept my attention.

Having said all that, I'm not sure if this would hold up for someone reading this outside of the context of The Stranger. It does feel dated in spots, which is to be expected.

The word flimflam is used at one point which definitely needs to be brought back into regular use.