No Orchids for Miss Blandish (novel)
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No Orchids For Miss Blandish is a 1939 crime novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase.[1] The novel was influenced by the American crime writer James M. Cain and the stories in the pulp magazine Black Mask.[2] No Orchids for Miss Blandish provoked considerable controversy because of its explicit depiction of sexuality and violence.[2] The novel was a great critical success and was included in the Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.
In 1942, the novel was adapted into a stage play which ran for over 200 performances at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.[3] In 1948, it was adapted into a British film No Orchids for Miss Blandish. The 1971 American film The Grissom Gang was also based on the novel.
It was also the subject of a fairly well-known essay by George Orwell, Raffles and Miss Blandish, and parodied by Raymond Queneau in We Always Treat Women Too Well.
Notes
- ^ Bloom p.144
- ^ a b Stableford pp. 130-138
- ^ Chibnall & Murphy p. 37
Bibliography
- Bloom, Clive. Bestsellers: popular fiction since 1900. Palgrave MacMillan, 2002.
- Chibnall, Steve & Murphy, Robert. British crime cinema. Routledge, 1999.
- "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" in Yesterday's Bestsellers by Brian Stableford. Wildside Press, 1998, ISBN 9780809509065.
Categories:
- British novels
- 1939 novels
- Novels by James Hadley Chase
- Crime novels
- Crime novel stubs
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