In Cain’s novels, desire is a prison, a death trap. The term’s connotations of torture were apt. Cain set forth a concept he called the “love rack.” For him, it meant finding a way to manipulate readers into caring about his criminal characters and their plight, and surrendering to the story. Discussing his classic noir tales of adultery and murder, “The Postman Always Rings Twice” and “Double Indemnity,” James M.
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