"Psycho" has become famous like no other novel through the film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock. The book is based on authentic material, but the impressive psychological-analytical portrayal is Bloch's fiction. His characters find themselves in hopeless life situations, their isolation seems absolute. This is especially true for Norman Bates, who has haunted our dreams for decades in the form of Antony Perkins.

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