Paper Orchid (novel)
Author | Arthur La Bern |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Crime thriller |
Publisher | Marlowe |
Publication date | 1948 |
Media type |
Paper Orchid is a 1948 crime novel by the British writer Arthur La Bern. He had made his name three years earlier with and also enjoyed success with this novel set amongst newspaper journalists on Fleet Street.
Film adaptation[]
It was adapted into a 1949 film of the same title directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Hugh Williams and Hy Hazell.[1]
References[]
- ^ Goble p.270
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Mayer, Geoff. Roy Ward Baker. Manchester University Press, 2004.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
Categories:
- 1948 British novels
- Novels by Arthur La Bern
- British crime novels
- British thriller novels
- British novels adapted into films
- Novels set in London
- Novels about journalism
- 1940s novel stubs
- Crime novel stubs