Psyco 1 - Psyco 2

Psycho #1-2

by Robert Bloch

“Anche se avesse scritto soltanto Psyco” ha detto un critico “Bloch si sarebbe assicurato il suo posto nella storia della narrativa poliziesca.” Ora, a distanza di vent’anni, Bloch ha deciso di scrivere il seguito, lapidariamente intitolato Psyco 2. La trovata originale di Bloch sta nel fatto che il tempo reale trascorso tra i due libri corrisponde al tempo che Norman Bates, lo psicopatico protagonista del primo Psyco, ha trascorso nel manicomio criminale. Psyco 2 si svolge negli anni ‘80. In un mondo dove la violenza è ormai quotidiana cosa potrebbe ancora trattenere Norman? Nulla. Né prigione, né sbarre. Né paura. Né voglia di riscatto. E il terrore sconvolge di nuovo l’America.

400 pages, ebook

Published October 31, 1982

About the author

Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer. He was the son of Raphael "Ray" Bloch (1884, Chicago-1952, Chicago), a bank cashier, and his wife Stella Loeb (1880, Attica, Indiana-1944, Milwaukee, WI), a social worker, both of German-Jewish descent.

Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, usually crime fiction, science fiction, and, perhaps most influentially, horror fiction (Psycho). He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle; Lovecraft was Bloch's mentor and one of the first to seriously encourage his talent.

He was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award (for his story "That Hell-Bound Train"), the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America.

Robert Bloch was also a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general. In the 1940s, he created the humorous character Lefty Feep in a story for Fantastic Adventures. He also worked for a time in local vaudeville, and tried to break into writing for nationally-known performers. He was a good friend of the science fiction writer Stanley G. Weinbaum. In the 1960's, he wrote 3 stories for Star Trek.